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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6094 
To direct the establishment of a public-private wildfire technology deployment 
and demonstration partnership, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 18, 2025 
Mrs. KIM (for herself and Mr. CROW) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the 
Committees on Agriculture, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a 
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the establishment of a public-private wildfire tech-
nology deployment and demonstration partnership, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fire Innovation Unit 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PUBLIC-PRIVATE WILDFIRE TECHNOLOGY DEPLOY-
MENT AND DEMONSTRATION PARTNERSHIP. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) COVERED
AGENCY.—The term ‘‘covered 
agency’’ means— 
(A) each Federal land management agency 
(as defined in section 802 of the Federal Lands 
Recreation 
Enhancement 
Act 
(16 
U.S.C. 
6801)); 
(B) the Department of Defense; 
(C) the Bureau of Indian Affairs; 
(D) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration; 
(E) the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency; 
(F) the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration; 
(G) the United States Fire Administration; 
(H) the General Services Administration; 
(I) a State, Tribal, county, or municipal 
fire department, fire district, land management 
agency, natural resources agency, or equivalent 
agency operating through the United States 
Fire Administration or pursuant to an agree-
ment with a Federal agency; and 
(J) any other Federal agency involved in 
wildfire response. 
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(2) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘covered en-
tity’’ means— 
(A) a private entity; 
(B) a nonprofit organization; and 
(C) an institution of higher education (as 
defined in section 101 of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)). 
(3) PILOT
PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Pilot Pro-
gram’’ means the deployment and demonstration 
pilot program established under subsection (b). 
(4) RELEVANT COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.— 
The term ‘‘relevant committees of Congress’’ 
means— 
(A) in the Senate— 
(i) the Committee on Agriculture, Nu-
trition, and Forestry; 
(ii) the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources; 
(iii) the Committee on Indian Affairs; 
(iv) the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity and Governmental Affairs; and 
(v) the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation; and 
(B) in the House of Representatives— 
(i) the Committee on Agriculture; 
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(ii) the Committee on Natural Re-
sources; and 
(iii) the Committee on Science, Space, 
and Technology. 
(5) SECRETARIES.—The term ‘‘Secretaries’’ 
means the Secretary of Agriculture and the Sec-
retary of the Interior, acting jointly. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretaries shall 
establish a deployment and demonstration pilot program 
for new and innovative wildfire prevention, detection, com-
munication, response, and mitigation technologies. 
(c) FUNCTIONS.—In carrying out the Pilot Program, 
the Secretaries shall— 
(1) consult with the National Wildfire Coordi-
nating Group; 
(2) in consultation with the heads of the cov-
ered agencies, identify and advance the demonstra-
tion and deployment of key technology priority 
areas, including for mature and commercially avail-
able technologies, with respect to the deployment of 
wildfire prevention, detection, communication, and 
mitigation technologies, including— 
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(A) innovations in hazardous fuels reduc-
tion activities or treatments, including the use 
of prescribed or cultural fire; 
(B) spatial planning for unplanned human- 
caused ignitions; 
(C) wildfire modeling and effectiveness al-
gorithms; 
(D) dispatch communications; 
(E) remote sensing, detection, and track-
ing; 
(F) safety equipment; 
(G) common operating pictures or oper-
ational dashboards; 
(H) interoperable commercial data; 
(I) autonomous suppression systems; 
(J) grid resilience; 
(K) community resilience and home hard-
ening; and 
(L) prioritization and decision support 
tools; 
(3) connect each covered entity selected to par-
ticipate in the Pilot Program with the appropriate 
covered agency to coordinate real-time and on-the- 
ground testing of technology during wildfire mitiga-
tion activities and training; 
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(4) define clear criteria for evaluating the suc-
cess of technologies (including mature and commer-
cially available technologies) demonstrated under the 
Pilot Program, focusing on effectiveness, scalability, 
and cost-efficiency; and 
(5) coordinate with covered agencies to ensure 
the efficient deployment of scaled technologies, in-
cluding through expanded public-private partner-
ships, multiagency contracting for procurement, and 
authorization of covered agency staff with techno-
logical procurement expertise to assist other covered 
agencies in need of that expertise. 
(d) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to participate in 
the Pilot Program, a covered entity shall submit to the 
Secretaries an application at such time, in such manner, 
and containing such information as the Secretaries may 
require, including a proposal to demonstrate technologies 
specific to key technology priority areas identified under 
subsection (c)(2). 
(e) EXISTING PARTNERSHIPS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A covered agency may sub-
mit a statement to the Secretaries describing the ef-
fectiveness, scalability, and cost-efficiency of an ex-
isting partnership, pilot project, or contract a cov-
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ered entity providing a technology described in sub-
section (c)(2). 
(2) SUCCESSFULNESS.—The Secretaries may 
deem a technology described in a statement sub-
mitted under paragraph (1) to be a successful tech-
nology for purposes of this section. 
(f) OUTREACH.—The Secretaries, in coordination 
with the heads of the covered agencies, shall make publicly 
available the key technology priority areas identified under 
subsection (c)(2) and invite covered entities to apply under 
subsection (d) to deploy and demonstrate technologies to 
address those priority areas. 
(g) REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of establishment of the Pilot 
Program, and annually thereafter for the duration of the 
Pilot Program, the Secretaries shall submit to the relevant 
committees of Congress a report that includes the fol-
lowing with respect to the Pilot Program: 
(1) A brief description of potential technologies 
deployed and demonstrated. 
(2) An estimate of the cost of acquiring each 
such technology and applying the technology at 
scale. 
(3) Outreach efforts by covered agencies to cov-
ered entities developing wildfire technologies. 
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(4) Assessments of, and recommendations relat-
ing to, new technologies with potential adoption and 
application at-scale in the wildfire prevention, detec-
tion, communication, and mitigation efforts of Fed-
eral land management agencies (as defined in sec-
tion 802 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhance-
ment Act (16 U.S.C. 6801)). 
(5) A description of the relationship and coordi-
nation between the Pilot Program and the activities 
of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis-
tration, including the Fire Weather Testbed. 
(6) Barriers and solutions for procurement of 
technologies by covered agencies. 
(h) SUNSET.—The Pilot Program terminates on the 
date that is 7 years after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
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