# 119-hr-4038: Wildfire Response and Preparedness Act of 2025

119-hr-4038, Wildfire Response and Preparedness Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Kim, Young [R-CA-40] (R-CA); status in_committee (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-4038
- Congress: 119
- Title: Wildfire Response and Preparedness Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-06-17
- Sponsor: Rep. Kim, Young [R-CA-40] (R-CA)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Would set a national standard for federal wildfire response times and push faster deployment of firefighting assets.** It would require the relevant Secretaries to adopt a response-time standard within 90 days and to submit a joint report within 1 year on performance measures, fleet needs, dispatch improvements, and contracting reforms. - Federal land managers (Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, National Park Service, United States Fish and Wildlife Service) would have to define key performance indicators and aim for a 30-minute initial evaluation and a 3-hour deployment goal when practicable. - Communities in the wildland-urban interface would be tied into the standard through coordination with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the United States Fire Administration. - Federal aviation and ground contracting would be reviewed to speed availability; the report must estimate fleet needs and recommend ordering, dispatch, and contract changes that allow awards within 1 year and year-round asset availability.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Gray, Adam [D-CA-13] (D-CA), 2025-06-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2025-08-15T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Faster federal wildfire response standards: benefit, medium. If enacted, federal land agencies would set wildfire response-time standards within 90 days. The goal would be to evaluate a new fire within 30 minutes and deploy crews and aircraft within 3 hours, when practicable. Within 1 year, they would send Congress a joint plan with one point of contact, a u…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-4038 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4038)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4038 (as of 2026-04-21).