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Wildfire Research Coordination Act of 2026

To direct the Secretary of Defense to enter into an interagency memorandum of understanding for coordination on research and technology priorities relating to fire science, and for other purposes.

Introduced Jul 30, 2026

Latest action (Jul 30, 2026) Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Agriculture, 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.

Referred to
Science, Space, and Technology Committee Agriculture Committee Natural Resources Committee Armed Services Committee
Policy area
Emergency Management
Issues
Climate & Energy

Summary
  • Requires the Secretary of Defense to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Agriculture and Interior departments within 180 days to coordinate on wildfire research and technology priorities.
  • Directs the agencies to identify joint fire science research priorities including fire mitigation, ecological resilience, fire and smoke modeling, fire response, and post-fire recovery.
  • Requires alignment between the Defense Department's research programs and the Joint Fire Science Program administered by Agriculture and Interior.
  • Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress within one year on actions taken to implement the interagency coordination agreement.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
2 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Brittany Pettersen’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • NULL $30,671
  • COINBASE $18,000
  • ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ $13,200
  • APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT $13,000
  • SOLANA LABS $9,900

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Brittany Pettersen → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Jul 30, 2026 Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Agriculture, 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
  2. Jul 30, 2026 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 3190 — Fire Innovation Unit Act of 2025 · Introduced Nov 18, 2025 · Cong. 119 78%
  • HR 6094 — Fire Innovation Unit Act · Introduced Dec 2, 2025 · Cong. 119 77%
  • S 2038 — Wildfire Coordination Act · Introduced Jun 11, 2025 · Cong. 119 77%
  • HR 6154 — Regional Leadership in Wildland Fire Research Act of 2025 · Introduced May 20, 2026 · Cong. 119 76%
  • HR 5782 — Western Wildfire Support Act of 2025 · Introduced Dec 5, 2025 · Cong. 119 76%
  • HR 3923 — Wildfire Coordination Act · Introduced Jun 11, 2025 · Cong. 119 75%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Jul 30, 2026

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 30, 2026

Ms. Pettersen (for herself and Mr. Lawler) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Agriculture, 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 direct the Secretary of Defense to enter into an interagency memorandum of understanding for coordination on research and technology priorities relating to fire science, 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 Research Coordination Act of 2026”.

SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR COORDINATION ON RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PRIORITIES RELATING TO FIRE SCIENCE.

(a) Memorandum of Understanding.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall enter into a joint memorandum of understanding with the Secretary of Agriculture (acting through the Chief of the Forest Service) and the Secretary of Interior, to—

(1) identify joint fire science research and technology priorities, including mitigation, ecological resilience, fire and smoke modeling, response, and post-fire recovery, that align with—

(A) the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program and the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program of the Department of Defense; and

(B) the Joint Fire Science Program of the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior; and

(2) direct research coordination between such programs with respect to the joint priorities identified pursuant to paragraph (1).

(b) Report.—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the actions taken by the Secretary to implement subsection (a). <all>

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