House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Emergency Wildfire Fighting Technology Act of 2025
Official title: To require the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, and the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an evaluation with respect to the use of the container aerial firefighting system (CAFFS), and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. David Valadao R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 31, 2025
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseFeb 5, 2025 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 6, 2025 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 836.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VALADAO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 21, January 31, 2025, Page H433):Article 4 Section 3 Clause 2Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 31, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 28 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 836, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/836
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
93722983969a3c18835c29abaa07d18c69c5faef06b314e5f74046d9fb4ad245
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 11, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Jim Costa (D-CA), Josh Harder (D-CA), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), George Whitesides (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Valadao.
- H.R. 2481 (119th) Romance Scam Prevention Act
- H.R. 3419 (119th) To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the telehealth network and telehealth resource centers grant programs.
- H.R. 1044 (119th) To amend Public Law 99–338 with respect to Kaweah Project permits.
- H.R. 3854 (119th) Modernizing All Veterans and Survivors
- H.R. 1147 (119th) Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025
- H.R. 3168 (119th) National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.