S. 902 · 119th Congress

Wildfire Response and Preparedness Act of 2025

Introduced on Mar 6, 2025 by Tim Sheehy (R-MT). 2 cosponsors, 2 of them from another party. Latest action (Dec 2, 2025): Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 119-237.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Mar 6, 2025
Cosponsors
2
2 from the other party
Policy area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

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.

Subjects

  • Congressional oversight
  • Emergency communications systems
  • Fires
  • First responders and emergency personnel
  • Forests, forestry, trees

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Tim SheehyR-MTSponsor

Democrats · 2

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Mar 6, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Mar 6, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  3. Dec 2, 2025 · SenateCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 119-237.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. 10 Tanker Air Carrier, LLC9 reports
    $180K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: 10 TANKER AIR CARRIER, LLC$27.5M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  2. Billings Flying Service9 reports
    $180K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BILLINGS FLYING SERVICE LLC$42.1M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  3. Bridger Aerospace Group, LLC9 reports
    $105K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BRIDGER AEROSPACE GROUP, LLC$20.6M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 96%
  4. OroraTech GmbH9 reports
    $340K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ORORATECH USA INC.$1.8M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 94%
  5. PERIMETER SOLUTIONS INC.9 reports
    $770K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: PERIMETER SOLUTIONS LP$277.3M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 91%
  6. AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION6 reports
    $9.4M reported (all issues)
  7. Fire Boss LLC6 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  8. Prime Minute, Inc.6 reports
    $330K reported (all issues)
  9. United Aerial Firefighters Association6 reports
    $10K reported (all issues)
  10. XCEL ENERGY6 reports
    $3.6M reported (all issues)
  11. DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE4 reports
    $550K reported (all issues)
  12. Sierra Club4 reports
    $390K reported (all issues)
  13. BuildStrong America, Inc.3 reports
    $240K reported (all issues)
  14. Neptune Aviation3 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  15. Resource Public Affairs LLC3 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  16. FUND FOR A BETTER FUTURE2 reports
    $110K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.