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Enact the Emergency Wildfire Fighting Technology Act to require federal agencies to deploy modern technology to detect and fight wildfires; sponsored the bill in the 118th (H.R. 3389) and 119th (H.R. 836) Congresses, both passed by the House.

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ChampionedFact-checker reviewConfidence: 90%

Independently verified via govinfo.gov primary bill-status XML for both bills. H.R. 3389 (118th Cong.): Valadao introduced 5/16/2023, House Natural Resources Committee markup 6/13/2023, House passed by voice vote 9/12/2023, referred to Senate Agriculture Committee 9/13/2023, no further Senate action. H.R. 836 (119th Cong.): Valadao introduced 1/31/2025, House passed by voice vote 2/5/2025, referred to Senate Agriculture Committee 2/6/2025, no further Senate action. Valadao is the primary sponsor of both versions and drove both to House passage — clearly more than a single supporting vote. Neither has been enacted (Senate has not acted), so this is not FULL. CHAMPIONED (+0.75) is correct: he actively led/sponsored/drove the effort, but final enactment did not happen. Same standard would apply to any party's sponsor of a twice-House-passed bill stalled in the Senate.

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