119 HR 9998 IH: Wildfire Research Coordination Act of 2026 U.S. House of Representatives 2026-07-30 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.

I119th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 9998IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJuly 30, 2026Ms. Pettersen (for herself and Mr. Lawler) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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 concernedA BILLTo direct the Secretary of Defense to enter into an interagency memorandum of understanding for coordination on research and technology priorities relating to fire science, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Wildfire Research Coordination Act of 2026.

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Interagency memorandum of understanding for coordination on research and technology priorities relating to fire science

(a)

Memorandum of understanding

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall enter into a joint memorandum of understanding with the Secretary of Agriculture (acting through the Chief of the Forest Service) and the Secretary of Interior, to— (1)identify joint fire science research and technology priorities, including mitigation, ecological resilience, fire and smoke modeling, response, and post-fire recovery, that align with— (A)the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program and the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program of the Department of Defense; and (B)the Joint Fire Science Program of the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior; and (2)direct research coordination between such programs with respect to the joint priorities identified pursuant to paragraph (1). (b)

Report

Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the actions taken by the Secretary to implement subsection (a).