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Wildfire Response and Preparedness Act of 2025
To require the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to establish a standard for the response time to wildfire incidents, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill requires the federal agencies overseeing public lands—the Department of Agriculture, Department of the Interior, and Federal Emergency Management Agency—to establish response time standards for wildfire incidents on federal land. The standard should aim for initial response within 30 minutes and deployment of fire suppression equipment within 3 hours. Within one year of enactment, these agencies must jointly report to Congress on their wildland fire capabilities, including the current firefighting fleet, the size of fleet needed to meet the response time goals, and recommendations for improvements to dispatch systems and federal contracting procedures to ensure federal firefighting resources are available year-round and nationwide.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Kim, Young [R-CA-40] (R-CA)
2 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Young Kim’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $166,350
- FOUNDERS FUND $14,307
- VETERANS GUARDIAN VA CLAIM CONSULTING $13,200
- EDWARD C. LEVY CO. $13,200
- APOLLO $11,100
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Actions (5)
- Jan 14, 2026 Subcommittee Hearings Held · house
- Jan 7, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. · house
- Jun 18, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. · house
- Jun 17, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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. · house
- Jun 17, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 17, 2025
Mrs. Kim (for herself and Mr. Gray) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to establish a standard for the response time to wildfire incidents, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Wildfire Response and Preparedness Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. STANDARDS FOR RESPONSE TIME TO WILDFIRE INCIDENTS.
(a) Definitions.—In this section:
(1) Relevant congressional committees.—The term “relevant congressional committees” means—
(A) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate;
(B) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate;
(C) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives; and
(D) the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives.
(2) Response time.—The term “response time”, with respect to a wildland fire incident, means the period of time between ignition of the wildland fire and evaluation for purposes of suppression of that wildland fire, on the ground or in an aircraft, by—
(A) a Federal, State, or local public safety officer; or
(B) a public safety volunteer.
(3) Secretary concerned.—The term “Secretary concerned” means—
(A) the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to Federal land administered by the Forest Service;
(B) the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to Federal land administered by the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the National Park Service, or the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; and
(C) the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, with respect to consultation with the United States Fire Administration relating to wildland fires in the wildland-urban interface.
(b) Standards.—
(1) In general.—Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary concerned shall establish a standard for the response time to any wildland fire incident occurring on Federal land administered by the Secretary concerned.
(2) Goal.—To the extent practicable, the response time established by the Secretary concerned for a wildland fire incident under paragraph (1) shall—
(A) be not more than 30 minutes; and
(B) include the deployment of fire suppression assets in a response time of not more than 3 hours.
(c) Report to Congress.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretaries concerned shall jointly submit to the relevant congressional committees a report that includes—
(1) identification of a single point of contact for Federal wildland fire response at the Department of the Interior;
(2) a unified budget request that covers all wildland fire activities of the Secretaries concerned;
(3) a description of key performance indicators for wildland fire response for each of—
(A) the Forest Service;
(B) the Bureau of Land Management;
(C) the Bureau of Indian Affairs;
(D) the National Park Service; and
(E) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service;
(4)(A) a description of the composition of the aviation and ground wildland firefighting fleet as of the date on which the report is submitted; and
(B) an estimation of the size of that fleet required to provide a response time of not more than 30 minutes for wildland fires occurring in the United States, including the deployment of fire suppression assets in a response time of not more than 3 hours;
(5) a description of necessary changes to the Federal ordering and dispatch system to enable Federal wildland firefighting assets to be dispatched faster;
(6) a description of Federal contracting mechanisms relating to wildland firefighting assets that may be streamlined to ensure that contract activation and awards may be provided within a 1-year period; and
(7) a description of all resources and authorities needed to ensure that wildland firefighting assets under Federal contracts are available year-round and nationwide. <all>
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