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

[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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