H.R. 527 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
Strengthening Wildfire Resiliency Through Satellites Act of 2025
Cosponsors: 3 (1 D, 2 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-12
Introduced: 2025-01-16
Latest action (2025-01-16): Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
What H.R. 527 does, in plain terms
Strengthening Wildfire Resiliency Through Satellites Act of 2025 This bill requires the U.S. Geological Survey to establish a competitive grant program to fund satellite monitoring of wildfires. The entities eligible to receive the grants are state foresters, emergency managers, and equivalent state officials. Grant recipients must use the funds for purchasing and integrating satellite data on wildfire monitoring and for using the data to detect and manage wildfires.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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