Congress·In Committee·S. 350

Wildfire Emergency Act of 2025

Senate Bill Would Fund Large-Scale Forest Restoration and Community Fire Resilience Under Wildfire Emergency Act

Jul 17, 2025·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

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Reintroduced from S. 188 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
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Key Points

Creates a Forest Service pilot to fund large forest restoration projects (often 100,000 acres or more) using deals that bring in private and local money.
Caps the pilot at 20 projects and up to $250 million total over 10 years, with no more than $50 million tied to any single project.
Sets up a Energy Department program with $100 million to help critical places (like hospitals, schools, fire stations, and water systems) keep power during disasters using microgrids and backup energy.
Expands home weatherization rules so fire- and heat-resistant materials can be included, and raises the typical per-home cost limit to $13,000 (inflation-adjusted).
Pushes faster rollout of wildfire detection tools (like cameras and sensors), plus training centers and workforce grants to grow the prescribed-fire and forest-restoration workforce.

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Jul 17, 2025Senate

Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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Jul 17, 2025Senate

Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.

Jan 30, 2025Senate

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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Jan 30, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Related News

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East County Magazine·Feb 11, 2025

Senator Padilla Introduces Bipartisan Bills to Improve Fire Mitigation and Resiliency

Senator Alex Padilla introduced the Wildfire Emergency Act of 2025 to support forest restoration and energy resilience. The bill provides the Forest Service with pilot authority for 20 conservation finance projects and authorizes $100 million for DOE microgrids at critical facilities.

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InsuranceNewsNet·Feb 10

WATCH: LA leaders, lawmakers discuss wildfire legislation

Local and federal leaders discussed a package of bills designed to address the aftermath of the Palisades and Eaton fires. The legislation includes the Wildfire Emergency Act, which focuses on landscape-scale forest restoration and critical infrastructure power backups.

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