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H.R. 6618119th CongressTransportation and Public Works
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.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate7 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedMar 24, 2026
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govWildfire 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.
How the projections held up
Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.
House
Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent: no individual votes recorded.
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
How the Senate breaks down
- 7Swing 70–100
- 65Middle 30–70
- 28Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
4 activeShow 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.
