Three government offices must work together on wildfire research.
H.R. 9998 — Wildfire Research Coordination Act of 2026 · Filed by Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) · 2 cosponsors · Introduced Jul 30, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill tells the Defense Secretary to make a deal with the Agriculture and Interior Secretaries. They have 180 days to do this. The three offices must find shared goals for wildfire research. The goals cover stopping fires, modeling them, response, and recovery. They must line up their current research work. The Defense Secretary must tell Congress in one year how it went.
Who it affects
This bill affects three government offices: Defense, Agriculture, and Interior. It does not cost money or add new rules for people or groups.
One thing to notice
The bill does not give the offices new money to spend. It only tells them to work together using the money they have now.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
2 cosponsors: 2 Republicans.
- Jul 30, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 30, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and House Committee on Agriculture · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- modeling — Using math and computers to predict how something will happen.
- recovery — Steps to fix damage and rebuild after a fire.
- response — Actions taken when a fire starts to stop it and protect people.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,372 characters) on Aug 12, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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