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S. 306119th CongressPassed one chamberLatest action Sep 11, 2025Decoded by AI · checked against the record
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The Fire Ready Nation Act builds a NOAA wildfire forecasting system and funds it from $15 million in 2026 to $50 million in 2030.
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The bill creates a formal NOAA "fire weather services program" to improve wildfire, fire-weather, and smoke prediction through better models, satellite/drone data, and a testbed for new tools. It establishes a permanent Incident Meteorologist Service to deploy forecasters to fire scenes and requires upgraded weather-monitoring equipment. It also temporarily lifts pay caps in 2025 for wildland firefighters and related personnel and requires a longer-term staffing plan by 2026.
It mainly affects NOAA, the National Weather Service, and federal land-management agencies like the Forest Service and Department of the Interior, along with their wildfire-response employees. It indirectly affects people in wildfire-prone areas, including rural, remote, and tribal communities.
The changes would alter how federal agencies forecast and respond to wildfires, restructure staffing and pay rules for emergency personnel, and require new public reporting and independent oversight reviews of program performance and committee overlap.
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Right now: it passed the Senate, and the official record shows nothing new since. If the House changes it, it goes back to the Senate before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Held at the desk.