119-s441

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 441 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 441

 To direct the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the 
 Interior to develop a plan to reorganize Federal wildland fire 
 response, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 February 6 (legislative day, February 5), 2025

Mr. Sheehy (for himself and Mr. Padilla) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 
 Nutrition, and Forestry

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 A BILL

 To direct the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the 
 Interior to develop a plan to reorganize Federal wildland fire 
 response, 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 ``Fit for Purpose Wildfire Readiness 
Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL WILDLAND FIRE RESPONSE REORGANIZATION.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of 
the Interior (referred to in this Act as the ``Secretaries'') shall 
jointly develop a plan to consolidate the authorities of the 
Secretaries relating to Federal wildland fire preparedness, 
suppression, and recovery efforts under an agency of the Department of 
the Interior, to be known as the ``National Wildland Firefighting 
Service''.

    (b) Requirements.--The plan developed under subsection

    (a) shall 
include--

    (1) a budget for the National Wildland Firefighting 
 Service;

    (2) a description of the qualifications required for an 
 individual to be appointed to be the Director of the National 
 Wildland Firefighting Service, who shall be appointed by the 
 President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; 
 and

    (3) a description of the resources and authorities 
 necessary to consolidate Federal wildland fire response efforts 
 of the Secretaries in the National Wildland Firefighting 
 Service.
            (c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretaries shall jointly submit a report describing the 
plan developed under subsection

    (a) to--

    (1) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
 Senate;

    (2) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 
 of the Senate;

    (3) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
 Representatives; and

    (4) the Committee on Agriculture of the House of 
 Representatives.
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