House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

FIRE Act of 2025

H.R. 753Introduced Jan 28, 2025Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Official title: To direct the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to maintain a program that improves wildfire forecasting and detection, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep. Judy Chu D-CA

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Where it went

IntroducedJan 28, 2025
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Latest action: Jan 28, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 753.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CHU, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 18, January 28, 2025, Page H406):
Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
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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

18 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 16 Democrats

2 of 18 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.

Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Ed Case (D-HI), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Josh Harder (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Young Kim (R-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), John Larson (D-CT), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mark Takano (D-CA).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Judy Chu.

Sponsor’s state and district

California in Congress · CA-28 district

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Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.