House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Wildfire Aerial Response Safety Act
Official title: To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct a study on drone incursions on wildfire suppression, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Janelle Bynum D-ORWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 11, 2025
- Committee actionJan 21, 2026
- Passed HouseMar 24, 2026 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 25, 2026 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6618.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6618, Wildfire Aerial Response Safety Act” on February 6, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on January 21, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 6, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62095
- CBO publication date
- February 6, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6618, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6618
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 7, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-548 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on March 16, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 16, 2026 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/548
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6618, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6618
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 7, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 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 Ms. BYNUM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 209, December 11, 2025, Page H5810):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 11, 2025 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6618, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6618
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 7, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Elijah Crane (R-AZ), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Joe Neguse (D-CO).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Janelle Bynum.
- H.R. 8041 (119th) Supporting VA Families Act
- H.R. 5619 (119th) Federal Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act
- H.R. 4486 (119th) Microplastics Safety Act
- H.R. 10252 (119th) Launching with Healthcare Act
- H.R. 5907 (119th) To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to award grants to eligible entities to select pre-reviewed designs of covered…
- H.R. 2287 (119th) Protecting Families from Inflation Act
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