Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)
Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2025
A Republican bill with 6 Republican cosponsors · See all 6 cosponsors
Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill, known as the "Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2025," seeks to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. It specifically targets the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit requirements. The legislation aims to clarify that a permit is not required for discharges resulting from the aerial application of certain products. These products must be used for fire control and suppression purposes. Additionally, the products must appear on the most current applicable Qualified Products List maintained by the Forest Service.
Yes
- Scored +3
Does this improve help for people hit by a disaster?
The bill streamlines the application of fire control and suppression products used during wildfire responses.
- Scored +2
Would people in rural areas be better off under this?
The bill facilitates more efficient fire suppression efforts which often protect rural communities and forest lands.
The opposite
- Scored -2
Does this better protect air, water and wildlife?
The bill removes the requirement for a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit for certain aerial applications used in fire suppression.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
- Removal of permit requirements for fire suppression: The bill amends Section 402(l)(3) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to ensure that a discharge resulting from the aerial application of specific products does not require a permit under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System. This is intended for products used for fire control and suppression purposes that are on the Forest Service's Qualified Products List (Section 2).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No specific negative impacts are explicitly stated in the provided text.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would people in rural areas be better off under this? — The bill facilitates more efficient fire suppression efforts which often protect rural communities and forest lands.
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Does this improve help for people hit by a disaster? — The bill streamlines the application of fire control and suppression products used during wildfire responses. Does this better protect air, water and wildlife? — The bill removes the requirement for a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit for certain aerial applications used in fire suppression.
- 5/13/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 5/8/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- 5 Cosponsors added.
- Introduced in Senate
One bill Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
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James RischRepublican · Idaho
Dan SullivanRepublican · Alaska
Tim SheehyRepublican · Montana