U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB10917: Wildfire Emergency Act of 2026
Status: In committee, October 26, 2026
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to select and implement landscape-scale forest restoration projects, to assist communities in increasing their resilience to wildfire, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to select and implement landscape-scale forest restoration projects, to assist communities in increasing their resilience to wildfire, and for other purposes.
From the introduced text, October 26, 2026:
A BILL To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to select and implement landscape-scale forest restoration projects, to assist communities in increasing their resilience to wildfire, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title; table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Wildfire Emergency Act of 2026 . (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as table of contents. Title I--Landscape-scale Forest Restoration Sec. 101. Definitions. Sec. 102. Purpose. Sec. 103. Conservation finance agreements. Sec. 104. Report evaluating implementation. Title II--Increasing Community Resilience to Wildfire Sec. 201. Critical infrastructure and microgrid program. Sec. 202. Retrofits for fire-resilient communities. Sec. 203. Wildfire detection, monitoring, and analysis equipment. Title III--Research, Training, and Capacity Building Sec. 301. Western prescribed fire centers. Sec. 302. Innovative forest workforce development program. Sec. 303. National community capacity and land stewardship grant program. I Landscape-scale Forest Restoration SECTION 101. Definitions In this (B) that may provide that performance under the agreement during the second and subsequent years of the agreement is contingent on the appropriation of funds or receipt of collections; and (C) that may provide for a cancellation payment to be made to the conservation finance project developer if those appropriations are not made or collections are not received. (2) Conservation finance project The term conservation finance project …
Sponsors
- Jimmy Panetta (D) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, and Education and Workforce, 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.
- : Introduced in House
Common questions
- What is HB10917?
- HB10917 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Wildfire Emergency Act of 2026.
- What does HB10917 do?
- In its own words: To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to select and implement landscape-scale forest restoration projects, to assist communities in increasing their resilience to wildfire, and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HB10917?
- In committee as of October 26, 2026. Latest action: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, and Education and Workforce, 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. (October 26, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB10917?
- Jimmy Panetta (D).
- Where is the official record for HB10917?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10917
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