S. 441

Summary

S. 441, a bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to develop a plan to reorganize Federal wildland fire response, and for other purposes, was introduced in the Senate on Feb 6, 2025 by Sen. Tim Sheehy (R) with 2 co-sponsors. It was referred to Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry, and last saw action on Feb 6, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Record

Text

S. 441 has 2 co-sponsors.

119 S441 IS: Fit for Purpose Wildfire Readiness Act of 2025
 U.S. Senate
 2025-02-06
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 441  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   February 6 (legislative day, February 5), 2025   Mr. Sheehy  (for himself and  Mr. Padilla ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry    A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to develop a plan to reorganize Federal wildland fire response, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Fit for Purpose Wildfire Readiness Act of 2025  .
2.
Federal wildland fire response reorganization
(a)
In general
The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this Act as the  Secretaries ) shall jointly develop a plan to consolidate the authorities of the Secretaries relating to Federal wildland fire preparedness, suppression, and recovery efforts under an agency of the Department of the Interior, to be known as the  National Wildland Firefighting Service .
(b)
Requirements
The plan developed under subsection (a) shall include—
(1)
a budget for the National Wildland Firefighting Service;
(2)
a description of the qualifications required for an individual to be appointed to be the Director of the National Wildland Firefighting Service, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; and
(3)
a description of the resources and authorities necessary to consolidate Federal wildland fire response efforts of the Secretaries in the National Wildland Firefighting Service.
(c)
Report
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretaries shall jointly submit a report describing the plan developed under subsection (a) to—
(1)
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate;
(2)
the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate;
(3)
the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives; and
(4)
the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives.

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A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to develop a plan to reorganize Federal wildland fire response, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Sen. Tim Sheehy (R) sponsors S. 441, and 2 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Tim Sheehy

Sen. · R–MT · Sponsor

Introduced Feb 6, 2025

Alex Padilla

Sen. · D–CA · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 6, 2025 · Original

Roger Marshall

Sen. · R–KS · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 25, 2026

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Committees

S. 441 went before 1 committee: Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

Referred To · Feb 6, 2025 · 334 Bills

Actions

S. 441 has taken 2 actions since Feb 6, 2025.

Votes

S. 441 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

S. 441 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Fit for Purpose Wildfire Readiness Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Fit for Purpose Wildfire Readiness Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to develop a plan to reorganize Federal wildland fire response, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

20 clients hired 8 firms and 57 registered lobbyists who named S. 441 in 79 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Aviation/Airlines/Airports, Budget/Appropriations, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Transportation, Disaster Planning/Emergencies, Automotive Industry, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Insurance.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 57.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 441 under Public Lands and Natural Resources, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 4 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 441’s is Public Lands and Natural Resources.

Legislative Subjects

S. 441 carries 4 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Congressional oversight to Forests, forestry, trees.

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com