# 119-s-602: Wildfire Resilience Through Grazing Research Act

119-s-602, Wildfire Resilience Through Grazing Research Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-20).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-602
- Congress: 119
- Title: Wildfire Resilience Through Grazing Research Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-13
- Sponsor: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-20

## Summary

**Ungulate grazing techniques to reduce wildfire risk** are the focus. This bill would authorize grants to land-grant universities to research and promote grazing and related practices that cut fuels, aid post-fire recovery, and protect soil and water. - Researchers at land-grant institutions (1862, 1890, 1994) would be eligible for grants to study grazing systems and outreach, including research on economic benefits and ways to build social support for these practices. - Public and private landowners, land managers, and livestock owners would get educational materials and outreach on techniques like rotational grazing, managed stocking, riparian buffers, cover crops, fencing, water point management, and targeted wildlife management. - Public lands and watersheds could benefit from practices the research supports that aim to improve soil health and limit invasive species, erosion, and water quality degradation.

## Cosponsors (5)

- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] (D-HI), 2025-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] (R-KS), 2025-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] (R-OK), 2025-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] (D-NV), 2025-07-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] (D-CO), 2025-09-16T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Grazing research for landowners and ranchers: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would authorize research and extension grants at land-grant colleges to study grazing with hooved animals. The grants would fund techniques to reduce wildfire risk, cut fuels, and help post-fire recovery on public and private land. Research could study economic benefits and way…

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## Sources
- [119-s-602 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/602)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-602 (as of 2025-12-20).