House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Utah Wildfire Research Institute Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act of 2004 to require the establishment of an additional Institute under that Act.
Sponsor: Rep. Mike Kennedy R-UTWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 6, 2025
- Committee actionJul 23, 2025
- Passed HouseDec 15, 2025 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 16, 2025 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1045.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-280 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 15, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 15, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/280
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1045, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1045
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. KENNEDY of Utah, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 25, February 6, 2025, Page H556):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 6, 2025 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1045, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1045
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Celeste Maloy (R-UT), Blake Moore (R-UT), Burgess Owens (R-UT).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Kennedy.
- H.R. 7831 (119th) License to Drill Act
- H.R. 3425 (119th) Personnel Oversight and Shift Tracking Act of 2025
- H.R. 8658 (119th) Indian Health Service Emergency Claims Parity Act
- H.R. 4684 (119th) Star-Spangled Summit Act of 2026
- H.R. 1318 (119th) United States Research Protection Act
- H.R. 5638 (119th) Geothermal Royalty Reform Act
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.