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119-s-4453119th Congress

LINK Act

Sponsored By: Senator Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA]

Introduced

Summary

Make USDA and DOI IT and cybersecurity systems interoperable. This bill would require the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior to coordinate their information technology, cybersecurity, and information security systems so they can share data about federal land management, wildfire and disaster response, and related business activities while protecting Tribal data sovereignty.

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  • Firefighters and emergency responders: Would have faster, coordinated access to wildfire and disaster information to support operations and response.
  • Tribal nations: Agencies must consult with applicable Tribes and provide protections for Tribal data sovereignty.
  • Agency IT and business systems: Requires a Joint Interoperability Implementation Plan that phases out siloed legacy systems without degrading operations, follows federal IT law, and must be implemented within 1 year.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Shared IT for wildfire and emergencies

This bill would require the Departments of Agriculture and the Interior to make a joint plan to share IT, cybersecurity, and information systems for wildfire, disaster, and related operations. The plan would be developed with input from firefighters and tribes and would protect Tribal proprietary data and other sensitive information. It would include a phased retirement of siloed legacy IT systems that would not reduce safety or operational capacity, and USDA would update its systems as needed to enable sharing. The agencies would have to follow existing federal IT laws (for example, Subtitle III of Title 40 and Chapter 35 of Title 44), and the plan would have to be implemented within one year of enactment.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA]

CA • D

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE]

    NE • R

    Sponsored 4/30/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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