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S. 306119th CongressScience, Technology, Communications
Fire Ready Nation Act of 2025
Sponsored by Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) · 8 active : 4 Republicans, 4 Democrats
Latest action: Held at the desk.
Where it standsBefore the Senate6 senators score as swing votes
Passed Senate
- Senate: passedSep 10, 2025
- House: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govFire Ready Nation Act of 2025
This bill provides statutory authority for existing wildfire response services of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and establishes new programs and collaborative efforts to improve fire forecasting and readiness.
Specifically, in addition to other efforts, the bill directs NOAA to
establish a coordinated fire weather services program to support readiness for and responsiveness to wildfires, fire weather, smoke, post-fire flooding and debris, and related hazards;
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develop a digital presence to promote access to and use of the services, tools, data, and information produced by the fire weather services program;
establish a fire weather test bed to facilitate the evaluation and implementation of new capabilities, including through research and development on the use of uncrewed aircraft systems (commonly known as drones) to improve data collection;
conduct an annual assessment after the close of fire weather season to investigate data gaps and update systems as needed;
evaluate and update, as appropriate, the Automated Surface Observing System (the primary surface weather network in the United States) and the system used to rate the risk of wildfire; and
establish an Incident Meteorologist Service within the National Weather Service to provide on-site support before, during, and after significant weather-related events.
The bill also exempts federal wildland firefighters, fire management response officials, and accompanying incident meteorologists and management teams from certain premium pay limitations.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · SenateReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Subjects
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Atmospheric science and weather
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Emergency communications systems
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental technology
- Fires
- First responders and emergency personnel
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Government information and archives
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- Government studies and investigations
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 6Swing 70–100
- 65Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 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-v3Bars 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.
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John FettermanDemocrat · Pennsylvania · Lean R+1Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
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- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)
- Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)
- Tim Sheehy (R-MT)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
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.
