Protecting Firefighters and Promoting Innovation Act
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jun 25, 2015)
Protecting Firefighters and Promoting Innovation Act
This bill directs the President to establish an interagency working group to study the use of unmanned aircraft systems for wildland firefighting.
The working group shall:
- develop standards and best practices for the use of unmanned aircraft systems for wildland firefighting to assist in fire suppression, to provide real-time updates for firefighters, and to reduce the risk of firefighter fatalities due to wildland firefighting and related aircraft accidents;
- identify opportunities to use existing federal unmanned aircraft systems to lower the costs of the use of unmanned aircraft systems for wildland firefighting;
- with respect to the use of unmanned aircraft systems for wildland firefighting, assess opportunities to improve interagency coordination, the efficacy of current technology, and the potential efficacy of emerging technology;
- assess the implications for the Fourth Amendment of any standards, best practices, or recommendations under this Act with respect to the use of unmanned aircraft systems; and
- report to Congress and to the National Wildfire Coordinating Group on the results of its work.
What just happenedJul 28, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJun 25, 2015
- Jul 28, 2015Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Forestry Subcommittee - Jul 14, 2015Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Federal Lands Subcommittee - Jun 26, 2015Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee - Jun 26, 2015Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Aviation Subcommittee - Jun 25, 2015IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Natural Resources, 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 committee concerned.
Natural Resources Committee - Jun 25, 2015IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Natural Resources, 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 committee concerned.
Agriculture Committee - Jun 25, 2015IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Natural Resources, 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 committee concerned.
- Jun 25, 2015IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Natural Resources, 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 committee concerned.
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee - Jun 25, 2015IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jun 25, 2015IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House