Require federal wildfire research coordination between the Department of Defense's Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program and the Department of the Interior's Joint Fire Science Program to improve wildfire research, prevention strategies, and field deployment of recommendations.

Brittany Pettersen · Colorado · Democratic

policy impact 0.62 specificity 0.86 extraction confidence 93%

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The Wildfire Research Coordination Act directs the Department of Defense’s (DOD) Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program to coordinate with the Department of Interior’s Joint Fire Science Program when establishing fire-research priorities.

Pettersen introduced legislation to coordinate federal wildfire research priorities and improve prevention strategy deployment.

In Response to the Aspen Acres and Willow Fires, Rep. Pettersen Leads Bipartisan Wildfire Mitigation Package | U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen
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Evidence

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Congress.gov lists H.R. 471 as sponsored by Rep. Westerman with Rep. Brittany Pettersen as a cosponsor; the bill status is Passed House. The House passed it 279-141 on January 23, 2025, it was received in the Senate on January 28, 2025, and the latest listed action was a Senate Agriculture subcommittee hearing on March 6, 2025.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Pettersen took concrete legislative action by cosponsoring H.R. 471, and the House passed it, but the measure had not become law as of the latest official action found. No official delivery event was found in the August 10-12, 2026 lookback window.

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H.R.471 - Fix Our Forests Act, 119th Congress: Actions
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The Senate version of the Fix Our Forests Act would require coordination and nonduplication in wildland fire research involving the interagency Joint Fire Science Program and the Department of Defense Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program, and would support end-to-end applications for agencies adopting technologies and research findings. Congress.gov lists S.1462's latest action as placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar on October 27, 2025, with status Introduced.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The exact policy concept exists in pending Senate bill text, but the bill has not passed the Senate or become law, so the commitment remains unresolved rather than delivered.

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S.1462 - Fix Our Forests Act, 119th Congress: Text and Actions
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Pettersen took concrete federal legislative action by cosponsoring H.R. 471, the Fix Our Forests Act, which passed the House on January 23, 2025. However, the promised requirement for coordination between DOD's SERDP and DOI's Joint Fire Science Program has not become law; the related Senate bill S.1462 remained pending on the Senate calendar after its October 27, 2025 action. Because the outcome was materially advanced but not enacted or implemented, this merits partial credit rather than full delivery.

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