# 119-hr-2026: Ending Major Borderland Environmental Ruin from Wildfires (EMBER) Act

119-hr-2026, Ending Major Borderland Environmental Ruin from Wildfires (EMBER) Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41] (R-CA); status in_committee (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-2026
- Congress: 119
- Title: Ending Major Borderland Environmental Ruin from Wildfires (EMBER) Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-03-11
- Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41] (R-CA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Reduces wildfire risk and borderland environmental damage.** This bill would create a Southern Border Fuels Management Initiative in the Department of the Interior and require policies, protocols, and reports to address wildland fires and environmental harm tied to crossings by aliens without lawful immigration status. - Border communities and nearby families: Seeks to reduce catastrophic wildfire risk and clean up trash in ecologically sensitive areas, which could lower local fire danger and environmental damage. - Law enforcement and border operations: Directs fuel breaks, removal of invasive plants, and better sight lines to improve operational control and safety for U.S. Border Patrol and local agents. - Federal land managers and agencies: Would require annual acreage treatment targets, a report within 1 year cataloging fires and damage, a GAO update within 2 years, authorize $3.7 million per year for FY2026–FY2032, and terminate the Initiative after 7 years. *Would increase federal spending by about $3.7 million per year from FY2026 through FY2032, adding to federal outlays over that period.*

## Provisions PRIA read

- Quick border fire-prevention rules and reporting: benefit, medium. This bill would require land agencies, with Homeland Security, to set border wildfire-prevention rules within 90 days. The rules would target fires started by people without lawful immigration status and related environmental damage. They would address trash in sensitive areas, stop ignitions near…
- Border vegetation cleanup to curb wildfires: benefit, low. The Interior Department would start a Southern Border Fuels Management Initiative within 1 year. It would cut hazardous plants, remove invasive species, and install fuel breaks along the border. The program would set yearly acreage targets and could coordinate with the Forest Service, Border Patrol…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9495: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2027
- 119-hr-4016: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-5582: Patients Deserve Price Tags Act
- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
- 119-hr-6955: Main Street Capital Access Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-2026 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2026)

## Related
- [119-hr-9495: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2027](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9495)
- [119-hr-4016: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4016)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-5582: Patients Deserve Price Tags Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5582)
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [119-hr-6955: Main Street Capital Access Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6955)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2026 (as of 2026-04-21).