United States 119th Congress Status: Passed House Bipartisan · 3 R · 3 D cosponsors

HR 836 — Emergency Wildfire Fighting Technology Act of 2025

Last action — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has passed the House. Introduced January 31, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the Senate.

Odds of enactment

Moderate chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a moderate chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Advancing 54% · moderate confidence

  • Passed House

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 6 sponsors

    1 primary, 5 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (3 R · 3 D) — cross-party backing.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

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Plain-language change summary

The text shows that the designation of the bill was updated to reflect its referral to the Senate and the specific Senate committee it has been assigned to. This change indicates the bill's progression in the legislative process but does not alter the bill's content or intentions. The removal of the previous designation as "Engrossed in House" signifies its transition from House consideration to Senate review.

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836 Engrossed in House (EH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H.
836 Referred in Senate (RFS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H.
836 _______________________________________________________________________ AN ACT To require the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, and the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an evaluation with respect to the use of the container aerial firefighting system (CAFFS), and for other purposes.
836 _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 6 (legislative day, February 5), 2025 Received;
read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry _______________________________________________________________________ AN ACT To require the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, and the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an evaluation with respect to the use of the container aerial firefighting system (CAFFS), and for other purposes.
Clerk.
KEVIN F.
119th CONGRESS 1st Session H.
MCCUMBER, Clerk.
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836 _______________________________________________________________________ AN ACT To require the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, and the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an evaluation with respect to the use of the container aerial firefighting system (CAFFS), and for other purposes.
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Action History

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Introduced in House

  3. Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.

  4. Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.

  5. Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

  6. Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H478-480)

  7. DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 836.

  8. Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H478)

  9. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H478)

  10. Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  11. Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 541 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (5)

Not signed on (541)

541 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Subjects

public-safety environment technology
Cross-referencing the record. Reading this bill against every other bill in the corpus by meaning, not keywords. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Matching · Ranking · Engrossing

Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HR 836?
HR 836 is sponsored by Valadao, David G. (Republican), Costa, Jim (Democratic), Harder, Josh (Democratic), Amodei, Mark E. (Republican), Newhouse, Dan (Republican), and Whitesides, George (Democratic).
What is the current status of HR 836?
This bill has passed the House. Introduced January 31, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
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