# 119-hr-6154: Regional Leadership in Wildland Fire Research Act of 2025

119-hr-6154, Regional Leadership in Wildland Fire Research Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Min, Dave [D-CA-47] (D-CA); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-05-23).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6154
- Congress: 119
- Title: Regional Leadership in Wildland Fire Research Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-11-19
- Sponsor: Rep. Min, Dave [D-CA-47] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-05-23

## Summary

**Regional wildland fire research centers** would be created and coordinated by a National Center Coordination Board to align research, share interoperable data, and speed adoption of predictive models and technologies for managers and firefighters. - Researchers and institutions: Colleges, land-grant and minority-serving universities, tribal colleges, National Laboratories, and similar partners could host centers across 8 regions and access federal funding for research, construction, and equipment. - Fire managers and frontline crews: Centers would develop and validate predictive models, near-real-time decision-support tools, smoke and vegetation forecasts, and technologies aimed at reducing fire severity and improving firefighter safety. - Federal, state, and public coordination: A National Center Coordination Board would harmonize data protocols so data are findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable, coordinate with agencies like EPA, NOAA, NSF, NASA, DOE, and USGS, meet quarterly, and hold annual public meetings in each state within a region. *Authorizes about $60 million in FY2026 rising to $64 million in FY2030 for regional centers, plus $1 million per year for the Board, totaling roughly $315 million in appropriations through FY2030 and increasing federal spending over that period.*

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Evans, Gabe [R-CO-8] (R-CO), 2025-11-19T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Board, advisory panels, and reporting: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would create a National Center Coordination Board with one representative from each regional center, and the Administrator and the Forest Service Chief would serve as Co-Chairs. The Board would meet quarterly, hold at least one public meeting each year in each State covered by…
- Federal funding for regional centers: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would authorize funding for regional wildland fire research centers of $60 million for FY2026, $61 million for FY2027, $62 million for FY2028, $63 million for FY2029, and $64 million for FY2030. It would also authorize $1 million per year for FY2026–FY2030 for a National Center…
- New regional research centers and duties: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require the Secretaries to pick at least eight colleges or universities to host regional wildland fire research centers, with at least one center in each named region (Alaska; California; Pacific Northwest; Pacific Islands; Plains and Northeast; Rockies; Southeast; Southw…

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- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2548: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025
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- 119-hr-3304: Providing Child Care for Police Officers Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-6154 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6154)

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- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
- [119-hr-2548: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2548)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-3304: Providing Child Care for Police Officers Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3304)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6154 (as of 2026-05-23).