# 119-hr-4181: WILTR Act of 2025

119-hr-4181, WILTR Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48] (R-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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- As of: 2026-04-21
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-4181
- Congress: 119
- Title: WILTR Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-06-26
- Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48] (R-CA)
- Cosponsors: 8
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Creates tax incentives to reduce wildfire risk on private land.** It would exclude certain grants, awards, and services from gross income when used for hazardous fuel reduction on a taxpayer's property and would create a new deduction, Sec. 199B, for qualified hazardous fuel reduction expenditures. - Families and private landowners: They would be able to exclude grant money or services used to clear or alter vegetation and to deduct amounts they pay for activities like thinning, prescribed burns, installing fuel breaks, or other mechanical removal of hazardous fuels. The deduction cannot be claimed for the same expense already excluded as a grant. - Firefighters and local response: Property alterations that enable firefighting, training, access, or emergency evacuation are covered. That includes installing firefighting equipment and maintaining or expanding trails and roads for access and evacuation. - Taxpayers and tax filings: The new deduction is folded into the Adjusted Gross Income rules so qualified expenditures are deductible under Sec. 199B and conforming code changes prevent double benefits.

## Cosponsors (8)

- Rep. Baumgartner, Michael [R-WA-5] (R-WA), 2025-06-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9] (R-AZ), 2025-06-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4] (R-WA), 2025-06-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] (R-CA), 2025-06-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rulli, Michael A. [R-OH-6] (R-OH), 2025-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25] (R-TX), 2025-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Obernolte, Jay [R-CA-23] (R-CA), 2025-07-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kim, Young [R-CA-40] (R-CA), 2025-10-03T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Homeowner tax deduction for wildfire work: benefit, high. If enacted, you could take an above-the-line tax deduction for approved wildfire fuel work on your own property. The work would need written certification from a State, local, Tribal, or Federal fire agency. Examples include fuel breaks, prescribed burns, thinning, pruning, and improvements for fir…
- Wildfire grants would be tax-free: benefit, low. If enacted, grants, awards, or services you receive to reduce wildfire fuel on your property would not be taxable income. Covered work includes fuel breaks, firebreaks, prescribed burns, thinning, and pruning. It also covers improvements that help firefighting, training, access, or evacuation, like…

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- 119-hr-38: Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3699: Energy Choice Act
- 119-hr-1181: Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act
- 119-hr-2853: Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-4181 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4181)

## Related
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- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-38: Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-38)
- [119-hr-3699: Energy Choice Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3699)
- [119-hr-1181: Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1181)
- [119-hr-2853: Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2853)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4181 (as of 2026-04-21).