118th Congress Emergency Management
H.R. 9908: Strengthening Wildfire Resiliency Through Satellites Act of 2024
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Summary
This bill requires the U.S. Geological Survey to establish a competitive grant program to fund satellite monitoring of wildfires. The entities eligible to receive the grants are state foresters, emergency managers, and equivalent state officials. Grant recipients must use the funds for purchasing and integrating satellite data on wildfire monitoring, and for using the data to detect and manage wildfires.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
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Amendments
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Cosponsors
- Jay Obernolte R-CAOriginal
Who scored on this bill
- 1Brittany Pettersen SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the House by Brittany Pettersen.
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- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.