Sponsored by Joe Neguse (D)
Cross-Boundary Wildfire Solutions Act
Orders a federal study on how to streamline wildfire prevention across state and federal land boundaries.
Tradeoff
Requires a Government Accountability Office study on wildfire mitigation coordination, with recommendations due within two years. No direct spending or regulatory changes in the bill itself.
What's in it
Costs less than $500,000 over 2026-2031 period.
The $500,000 is the federal cost to produce a Comptroller General report; the bill itself creates no new wildfire mitigation programs or regulatory requirements on private parties.
Passed the House by on June 2, 2026 — sitting in the Senate.
House
Introduced
(Jun 11, 2025)
House
Committee on Natural Resources(Jun 11, 2025)
The bill went to more than one committee at the same time.
House
The Committee on Natural Resources voted to send it to the floor
Reported(Feb 11, 2026)
Committee report H. Rept. 119-673, Part I.
House
Passage of the bill
Passed by (Jun 2, 2026)
No individual votes were recorded.
Senate
Received from the House
Received(Jun 3, 2026)
- Young Kim (R-CA)
- Josh Harder (D-CA)
- Jay Obernolte (R-CA)
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
- George Whitesides (D-CA)
- Mike Kennedy (R-UT)