H.R. 5615

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5615 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5615

To amend title 32, United States Code, to establish the FireGuard 
Program as a program of record of the National Guard.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 26, 2025

Mr. Whitesides (for himself, Mr. Crank, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Garamendi, 
and Mr. Crow) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services

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A BILL

To amend title 32, United States Code, to establish the FireGuard 
Program as a program of record of the National Guard.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FIREGUARD PROGRAM: PROGRAM OF RECORD; AUTHORIZATION.

(a) In General.--Section 510 of title 32, United States Code, is 
amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by striking ``may'' and inserting ``shall'';
(B) by inserting ``of record'' after ``carry out a 
program''; and
(C) by striking ``Such a program'' and inserting 
``Such program''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsections:
``(c) Annual Briefing.--Not later than one year after the date of 
the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2026, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of 
the Senate and House of Representatives the first of five annual 
briefings regarding the FireGuard Program. Such a briefing shall 
include, with regards to the year preceding the date of the briefing, 
the following elements:
``(1) The States (as such term is defined in section 901 of 
this title), counties, municipalities, and Tribal governments 
that received information under the FireGuard Program.
``(2) A comparative analysis of a map of--
``(A) each wildfire, initially provided to an 
entity described in paragraph (1) through the FireGuard 
Program; and
``(B) the perimeter of such wildfire after 
containment.
``(3) An analysis of the time between the detection of a 
fire via raw satellite data and alerts being sent to local 
responders.
``(4) A review of efforts undertaken to integrate emerging 
satellite and aerial surveillance technologies from qualified 
private, nonprofit, and public sector sources.
``(d) Sunset.--The FireGuard Program shall terminate on December 
31, 2031.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The heading of such section is amended by 
striking ``Authorization for''.
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