Western Wildfire Support Act of 2026
Introduced Jan 14, 2025 by Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto
It's waiting on a committee vote to reach the full chamber. Most bills never leave this stage.
This bill addresses wildfires by authorizing post-fire recovery activities, supporting adoption of technology, and requiring additional federal coordination.
The bill authorizes federal wildfire response and recovery activities by
providing statutory authority for Burned Area Emergency Response Teams to coordinate emergency stabilization and erosion planning, and
establishing an account to fund federal rehabilitation projects in areas impacted by a wildfire (e.g., ecosystem restoration, replacing infrastructure critical for land management).
Read the full summary on Congress.govSummary by the Congressional Research Service.
No floor votes yet — it hasn't reached the floor of either chamber.