119th Congress · introduced in the House · Mar 6, 2025

H.R. 1923

Modernizing Wildfire Safety and Prevention Act of 2025

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Latest action (Mar 28, 2025): Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.

View on Congress.govPolicy area: Emergency Management

Summary

Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in House (Mar 6, 2025)

Modernizing Wildfire Safety and Prevention Act of 2025

This bill addresses wildfires by expanding emergency and disaster assistance, establishing scientific monitoring, and increasing assistance for firefighting personnel. The bill is based on recommendations in a 2023 report from the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission, a congressionally established group of public and private experts.

The bill expands and expedites federal assistance for wildfire response, recovery, and mitigation by

• expanding presidential wildfire emergency and major disaster declarations to include natural hazard events stemming from the wildfire (e.g., landslides, floods) within three years after the fire,

• requiring payment to recipients within 90 days for certain emergency land restoration and disaster assistance for wildfires, and

• requiring increased accessibility of wildfire risk reduction and recovery grants.

Additionally, it authorizes the Federal Emergency Management Agency to allow certain emergency and disaster grant recipients to use unexpended management cost funds for five years, including for capacity-building.

The bill requires federal agencies to enhance scientific wildfire monitoring and analysis by

• establishing a Joint Office of the Fire Environment Center to provide information and services to support community decision-making,

• establishing a national smoke monitoring and alert system for wildfire smoke, and

• developing dynamic risk maps.

The bill increases assistance for wildland firefighting personnel by

• establishing grants to colleges and training programs for educational or vocational programs in wildfire emergency management,

• increasing flexibility for wildland firefighters to retain retirement benefits, and

• establishing assistance (e.g., notification, counseling) for families of wildland firefighting personnel who are critically injured or killed.

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Sponsor

Josh Harder (D-CA-9)

Cosponsors (5)

5 current

Scott Franklin (R-FL-18) · Mar 6, 2025 · original
Joe Neguse (D-CO-2) · Mar 6, 2025 · original
Greg Stanton (D-AZ-4) · Mar 6, 2025 · original
Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1) · Mar 25, 2025
Mike Thompson (D-CA-4) · Sep 2, 2025

Recorded votes on this bill

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No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.

Actions

Mar 28, 2025 · House committee actions
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
Mar 7, 2025 · House committee actions
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Mar 6, 2025 · House floor actions
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, Armed Services, Energy and Commerce, Science, Space, and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 6, 2025 · House floor actions
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, Armed Services, Energy and Commerce, Science, Space, and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 6, 2025 · House floor actions
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, Armed Services, Energy and Commerce, Science, Space, and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 6, 2025 · House floor actions
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, Armed Services, Energy and Commerce, Science, Space, and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 6, 2025 · House floor actions
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, Armed Services, Energy and Commerce, Science, Space, and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 6, 2025 · House floor actions
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, Armed Services, Energy and Commerce, Science, Space, and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 6, 2025 · House floor actions
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, Armed Services, Energy and Commerce, Science, Space, and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 6, 2025 · House floor actions
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, Armed Services, Energy and Commerce, Science, Space, and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 6, 2025 · House floor actions
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, Armed Services, Energy and Commerce, Science, Space, and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 6, 2025 · Library of Congress
Introduced in House
Mar 6, 2025 · Library of Congress
Introduced in House

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Summary

Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in House (Mar 6, 2025)

Modernizing Wildfire Safety and Prevention Act of 2025

The bill expands and expedites federal assistance for wildfire response, recovery, and mitigation by

• expanding presidential wildfire emergency and major disaster declarations to include natural hazard events stemming from the wildfire (e.g., landslides, floods) within three years after the fire,

• requiring payment to recipients within 90 days for certain emergency land restoration and disaster assistance for wildfires, and

• requiring increased accessibility of wildfire risk reduction and recovery grants.

The bill requires federal agencies to enhance scientific wildfire monitoring and analysis by

• establishing a Joint Office of the Fire Environment Center to provide information and services to support community decision-making,

• establishing a national smoke monitoring and alert system for wildfire smoke, and

• developing dynamic risk maps.

The bill increases assistance for wildland firefighting personnel by

• establishing grants to colleges and training programs for educational or vocational programs in wildfire emergency management,

• increasing flexibility for wildland firefighters to retain retirement benefits, and

• establishing assistance (e.g., notification, counseling) for families of wildland firefighting personnel who are critically injured or killed.

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Actions

Mar 28, 2025 · House committee actions

Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.

Mar 7, 2025 · House committee actions

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

Mar 6, 2025 · House floor actions

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, Armed Services, Energy and Commerce, Science, Space, and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Mar 6, 2025 · House floor actions

Mar 6, 2025 · Library of Congress

Introduced in House

Mar 6, 2025 · Library of Congress

Introduced in House

Actions from Congress.gov, newest first.

Lobbying reports citing this bill

Coverage: reports for 2025 onward, posted Jan 1, 2025 through Oct 23, 2026.

33 citations; showing the 25 most recently posted.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 21, 2026 · issue area: Disaster Planning/Emergencies
$520,000
Spent on own lobbying
…n Tribes, and Territories to close disaster recovery projects by authorizing the use of excess funds for management costs for other disaster recovery projects. H.R.1923 - To provide for the implementation of certain recommendations from the Report of the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission H.R.1943 - To amend ti…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
LIBERTY MUTUAL GROUP · lobbying firm or registrant: LIBERTY MUTUAL GROUP
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Transportation
$770,000
Spent on own lobbying
…. 582. -Wildfire Prevention Act of 2025, S.140. -Wildfire Response Improvement Act of 2025, H.R. 1393. -Modernizing Wildfire Safety and Prevention Act of 2025, H.R. 1923. -Developing legislation to improve the accuracy of weather models. -Issues related to vicarious liability. -HR 8870, BUILD America 250 Act.