Wildfire Prevention and Recovery Act (S4970)
Current understanding
S4970, the Wildfire Prevention and Recovery Act, was introduced in the 119th Congress, read twice, and referred to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Substantive provisions beyond the title and committee referral are not yet detailed in available records, so the bill’s specific effects on forest management, wildfire response, farmers, rural communities, and federal wildland firefighting programs remain to be characterized as text and analysis become available.
Evidence log
- 2013-11-20 — Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2013: cross-connection with catastrophic-wildfire-prevention-act-2013: Both bills propose expanded federal authority for wildfire-prevention projects on public lands; the 2013 version additionally tied endangered-species recovery planning to wildfire-risk analysis. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-07-30 — Wildfire Research Coordination Act of 2026: cross-connection with wildfire-research-coordination-act: Companion strands of the 2026 wildfire legislative agenda: research coordination alongside prevention and recovery authorities. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-07-22 — Wildfire Reduction Market Expansion Act of 2026: cross-connection with wildfire-reduction-market-expansion-act-2026: Both are Senate bills in the 119th Congress addressing wildfire risk reduction, though via different policy vehicles (market expansion vs. prevention/recovery). (novelty: 3)