Wildfire Aerial Response Safety Act

Sponsored by Rep. Janelle S. Bynum (D-OR) · 4 active : 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats

Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate

Passed House

House: passedMar 24, 2026
Senate: next
President: not yet

12 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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Wildfire Aerial Response Safety Act

This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to study the effects of unmanned aircraft system (i.e., drone) incursions on wildfire suppression on public lands.

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Specifically, the FAA must study drone operations in any airspace for which the FAA issued a temporary flight restriction because of a wildfire on land managed by the Departments of Agriculture or the Interior. Among other things, the study must determine the number of occurrences over the last five years in which a drone incursion interfered with wildfire suppression and estimate the effects of each occurrence.

The study must also evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of (1) deploying counter-drone systems to detect, mitigate, and prevent drone incursions during wildfire suppression operations; and (2) disseminating educational materials related to the effects of the incursions on wildfire suppression operations.

The FAA must submit a report to Congress on the study's findings and any related recommendations.

Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Aviation · HouseReferred to
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · SenateReferred to

Subjects

Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Government studies and investigations
Transportation safety and security

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

How the House breaks down

71Swing 70–100
218Middle 30–70
138Entrenched 0–30
6Insufficient data not ranked

Members fall into . 6 representatives don’t have enough data yet and are marked “insufficient data”. Non-voting delegates are not counted. The bill is not before the House right now; these scores show where members would stand.

Key players in the House

Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3, directional

: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.

Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.

Similar past votes, House

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 15.5 (needs 5.0).

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FailedShared subjects×1.0
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PassedShared subjects×1.0
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PassedSame policy area×0.5
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PassedSame policy area×0.5
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PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 3935 · Jul 20, 2023 · Roll call 363On PassageSecuring Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 3935 · Jul 20, 2023 · Roll call 362On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 3935 · Jul 20, 2023 · Roll call 361On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5

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H.R. 3935 · Jul 20, 2023 · Roll call 360On Agreeing to the Amendment
Agreed toSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 3935 · Jul 19, 2023 · Roll call 359On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 3935 · Jul 19, 2023 · Roll call 358On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 3935 · Jul 19, 2023 · Roll call 357On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5

Cosponsors

4 active

Show all 4 cosponsors

Elijah Crane (R-AZ-2)
Joe Neguse (D-CO-2)
Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6)
Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9)

How the swing score works

Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.

Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.

Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.

Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.

Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.

Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.

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Jared F. GoldenDemocrat · Maine 2nd · Lean R+4On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 26% of 27 similar votes
95Swing
ContactCall 202-225-6306 Website
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Marie Gluesenkamp PerezDemocrat · Washington 3rd · Lean R+2On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 22% of 29 similar votes
93Swing
ContactCall 202-225-3536 Website
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Brian K. FitzpatrickRepublican · Pennsylvania 1st · Lean D+1On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 45% of 29 similar votes
93Swing
ContactCall 202-225-4276 Website
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Laura GillenDemocrat · New York 4th · Lean D+2House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureAviationOn the ballot70% of inputs · missing similar votes
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93Swing
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Michael LawlerRepublican · New York 17th · Lean D+1On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 37% of 29 similar votes
92Swing
ContactCall 202-225-6506 Website
6
Chris PappasDemocrat · New Hampshire 1st · Lean D+2House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureOn the ballot
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Broke with party on 9% of 28 similar votes
92Swing
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Kevin KileyIndependent · California 3rd · Lean R+2House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureOn the ballot
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Broke with party on 15% of 29 similar votes
91Swing
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8
Henry CuellarDemocrat · Texas 28th · Lean R+2On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 21% of 25 similar votes
91Swing
ContactCall 202-225-1640 Website
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Robert P. BresnahanRepublican · Pennsylvania 8th · Lean R+4House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureAviationOn the ballot70% of inputs · missing similar votes
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Too few votes on similar bills to measure
90Swing
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Don BaconRepublican · Nebraska 2nd · Lean D+3On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 19% of 29 similar votes
90Swing
ContactCall 202-225-4155 Website