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Creates a coordinated, NOAA-led national program to improve fire weather forecasting, wildfire smoke prediction, and decision support for wildland fire events. It sets up an interagency working group and testbed, requires data-sharing and open access, funds program activities from FY2026–2030, orders GAO and internal assessments, and establishes an Incident Meteorologist Service and workforce supports for emergency response weather staff.
Requires new plans, surveys, pilot projects, and interagency coordination (including with FAA, DoD, States, Tribes, and local partners), defines key terms, and provides limited temporary pay-rule relief and workforce planning for emergency-response personnel; several reports and budget-linked plans must be delivered to Congress on statutory timelines.
Received in the House.
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Introduced January 29, 2025 by Maria E. Cantwell · Last progress 5 months ago