# 119-s-902: Wildfire Response and Preparedness Act of 2025

119-s-902, Wildfire Response and Preparedness Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT] (R-MT); status in_committee (as of 2026-09-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-902
- Congress: 119
- Title: Wildfire Response and Preparedness Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-03-06
- Sponsor: Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT] (R-MT)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**Establish a national response-time standard for federal wildland fires.** This bill would require the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to set a response-time standard within 90 days and to coordinate with FEMA and the U.S. Fire Administration to speed responses. - Families and communities: Aimed to reduce fire damage near homes by targeting an initial evaluation within 30 minutes and full deployment of suppression assets within 3 hours. - Firefighters and responders: Would require agencies to set key performance indicators and to describe current and needed aviation and ground fleet sizes to meet the 30-minute and 3-hour goals. - Federal agencies: Would mandate a joint report within 1 year naming a single Department of the Interior contact, issuing a unified wildland-fire budget request, and proposing dispatch and contracting changes to make assets available year-round.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] (D-GA), 2026-05-19T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Faster federal wildfire response targets: benefit, medium. This bill would require each federal land secretary to set a wildfire response-time standard within 90 days of enactment. The goal would be to evaluate a wildland fire within 30 minutes and to deploy suppression assets within 3 hours, when practicable. Within 1 year, the Secretaries would report to…

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## Sources
- [119-s-902 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/902)

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- [119-s-1462: Fix Our Forests Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1462)
- [119-s-3597: National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3597)
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- [119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1241)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-902 (as of 2026-09-10).