House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2023
Sponsor: Rep. Doug LaMalfa R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 14, 2023
- Committee actionMay 17, 2023
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 16, 2024 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 723.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1586.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1586, Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2023” on June 29, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on May 17, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 29, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59339
- CBO publication date
- June 29, 2023
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1586, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1586
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 18, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6767ab3724eb48fdc1a255d681e89b34169f828ba868302d5cae165e845b13f5
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1586, Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2023” on November 21, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on November 15, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 21, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61019
- CBO publication date
- November 21, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1586, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1586
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 18, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6767ab3724eb48fdc1a255d681e89b34169f828ba868302d5cae165e845b13f5
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- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 118-721 ↗; H. Rept. 118-721,Part 2 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 16, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/721
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/721 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1586, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1586
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 18, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6767ab3724eb48fdc1a255d681e89b34169f828ba868302d5cae165e845b13f5
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LaMALFA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 47, March 14, 2023, Page H1287):Article I Section 8 of the US Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Allows the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture, and other public entities, to use a fire retardant, chemical, or water for fire suppression, control, or prevention activitiesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 14, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 268 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1586, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1586
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 18, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6767ab3724eb48fdc1a255d681e89b34169f828ba868302d5cae165e845b13f5
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
38 cosponsors — 33 Republicans, 4 Democrats, 1 independent
4 of 38 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Don Bacon (R-NE), Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Eric Crawford (R-AR), John Duarte (R-CA), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), John Garamendi (D-CA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Kevin Kiley (I-CA), Young Kim (R-CA), Greg Lopez (R-CO), Celeste Maloy (R-UT), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Mary Miller (R-IL), Barry Moore (R-AL), Blake Moore (R-UT), James Moylan (R-GU), Troy Nehls (R-TX), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS) and 8 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Doug LaMalfa.
- H.R. 6368 (118th) Indian Buffalo Management Act
- H.R. 3329 (118th) End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act of 2023
- H.R. 3328 (118th) Protecting Children From Experimentation Act of 2023
- H.R. 4070 (118th) Disaster Mitigation and Tax Parity Act of 2023
- H.R. 1440 (118th) Modern, Clean, and Safe Trucks Act of 2023
- H.R. 4970 (118th) Protect Innocent Victims Of Taxation After Fire Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.