S 306
· 119th Congress
· Science, Technology, Communications
Fire Ready Nation Act of 2025
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Held at the desk.
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Sep 11, 2025
floor
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Sep 11, 2025
floor
Received in the House.
Sep 11, 2025
floor
Held at the desk.
Sep 10, 2025
passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Sep 10, 2025
passed
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Jul 16, 2025
committee
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz without amendment. With written report No. 119-42.
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Jul 16, 2025
other
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 119.
Feb 05, 2025
committee
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Feb 04, 2025
floor
Star Print ordered on the bill.
Jan 29, 2025
introduced
Introduced in Senate
Jan 29, 2025
introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
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Introduced in Senate
Jan 29, 2025
Fire Ready Nation Act of 2025
This bill provides statutory authority for existing wildfire response services of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and establishes new programs and collaborative efforts to improve fire forecasting and readiness.
Specifically, in addition to other efforts, the bill directs NOAA to
establish a coordinated fire weather services program to support readiness for and responsiveness to wildfires, fire weather, smoke, post-fire flooding and debris, and related hazards;
develop a digital presence to promote access to and use of the services, tools, data, and information produced by the fire weather services program;
establish a fire weather test bed to facilitate the evaluation and implementation of new capabilities, including through research and development on the use of uncrewed aircraft systems (commonly known as drones) to improve data collection;
conduct an annual assessment after the close of fire weather season to investigate data gaps and update systems as needed;
evaluate and update, as appropriate, the Automated Surface Observing System (the primary surface weather network in the United States) and the system used to rate the risk of wildfire; and
establish an Incident Meteorologist Service within the National Weather Service to provide on-site support before, during, and after significant weather-related events.
The bill also exempts federal wildland firefighters, fire management response officials, and accompanying incident meteorologists and management teams from certain premium pay limitations.
Finally, the bill directs the Government Accountability Office to evaluate and report on the implementation of the fire weather services program, among other topics.
via Congressional Research Service · published through congress.gov
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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
-[S. 306 Reported in Senate (RS)]
+[S. 306 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]
<DOC>
-Calendar No. 119
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 306
-[Report No. 119-42]
-
-To establish and maintain a coordinated program within the National
-Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that improves wildfire, fire
-weather, fire risk, and wildfire smoke related forecasting, detection,
-modeling, observations, and service delivery, and for other purposes.
-
_______________________________________________________________________
-IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
-
-January 29, 2025
-
-Ms. Cantwell (for herself, Mr. Sheehy, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Lujan, Mr.
-Sullivan, Ms. Rosen, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Padilla, and Mr. Schatz)
-introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
-Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
-
-July 16, 2025
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-Reported by Mr. Cruz, without amendment
-
-_______________________________________________________________________
-
-A BILL
+AN ACT
To establish and maintain a coordinated program within the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that improves wildfire, fire
@@ -1238,27 +1215,23 @@
by subsection (a) may be used to unnecessarily duplicate activities
funded under title VIII of division D of the Infrastructure Investment
and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58; 135 Stat. 1094).
-Calendar No. 119
-
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+Passed the Senate September 10, 2025.
+
+Attest:
+
+Secretary.
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 306
-[Report No. 119-42]
-
_______________________________________________________________________
-A BILL
+AN ACT
To establish and maintain a coordinated program within the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that improves wildfire, fire
weather, fire risk, and wildfire smoke related forecasting, detection,
modeling, observations, and service delivery, and for other purposes.
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-_______________________________________________________________________
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-July 16, 2025
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-Reported without amendment
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Cosponsors (8)
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