3.0.0 2909 2023-04-04T21:30:20Z 2023-04-04T21:30:20Z House HR 2015-06-25 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 103 (Thursday, June 25, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. SINEMA:H.R. 2909.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8Article IV, Section 3[Page H4772]]]> hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee Referred to 2015-07-28T14:22:05Z Referred to 2015-06-25T13:07:35Z hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee Referred to 2015-07-14T20:57:24Z Referred to 2015-06-25T13:07:40Z hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Referred to 2015-06-26T16:19:14Z hspw05 Aviation Subcommittee Referred to 2015-06-26T16:18:55Z Referred to 2015-06-25T13:07:30Z 2015-07-28 hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. Committee 2015-07-14 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. Committee 2015-06-26 hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. Committee 2015-06-26 hspw05 Aviation Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. Committee 2015-06-25 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2015-06-25 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2015-06-25 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2015-06-25 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2015-06-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-06-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001191 Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9] Kyrsten Sinema D AZ 9 N H001048 Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50] Duncan Hunter R CA D. 50 2015-06-25 True P000608 Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52] Scott Peters D CA H. 52 2015-06-25 True S001192 Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2] Chris Stewart R UT 2 2015-06-25 True G000565 Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] Paul Gosar R AZ A. 4 2015-06-25 True S000018 Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5] MATT SALMON R AZ 5 2015-06-25 True M001197 Rep. McSally, Martha [R-AZ-2] Martha McSally R AZ 2 2015-06-25 True G000546 Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] SAM GRAVES R MO 6 2015-07-07 False B001285 Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] Julia Brownley D CA 26 2015-07-08 False N000189 Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4] Dan Newhouse R WA 4 2015-07-13 False G000559 Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3] John Garamendi D CA 3 2015-09-16 False Transportation and Public Works Aviation and airports Fires First responders and emergency personnel Government studies and investigations Technology assessment Worker safety and health Transportation and Public Works 00 2015-06-25 Introduced in House 2015-12-15T22:53:41Z Protecting Firefighters and Promoting Innovation Act

This bill directs the President to establish an interagency working group to study the use of unmanned aircraft systems for wildland firefighting.

The working group shall:

  • develop standards and best practices for the use of unmanned aircraft systems for wildland firefighting to assist in fire suppression, to provide real-time updates for firefighters, and to reduce the risk of firefighter fatalities due to wildland firefighting and related aircraft accidents;
  • identify opportunities to use existing federal unmanned aircraft systems to lower the costs of the use of unmanned aircraft systems for wildland firefighting;
  • with respect to the use of unmanned aircraft systems for wildland firefighting, assess opportunities to improve interagency coordination, the efficacy of current technology, and the potential efficacy of emerging technology;
  • assess the implications for the Fourth Amendment of any standards, best practices, or recommendations under this Act with respect to the use of unmanned aircraft systems; and
  • report to Congress and to the National Wildfire Coordinating Group on the results of its work.
]]> Protecting Firefighters and Promoting Innovation Act Display Title Protecting Firefighters and Promoting Innovation Act Official Title as Introduced To establish an interagency working group to study the use of unmanned aircraft systems for wildland firefighting, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Protecting Firefighters and Promoting Innovation Act Introduced in House 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr2909ih/xml/BILLS-114hr2909ih.xml 2015-07-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.