Wildland Firefighters Congressional Gold Medal Act has not moved since its introduction on Jan 16, 2025, with cosponsors split almost evenly between the parties
IntroducedJan 16, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 40 words.
Wildland Firefighters Congressional Gold Medal Act This bill provides for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to wildland firefighters in recognition of their strength, resiliency, sacrifice, and service to protect the forests, grasslands, and communities of the United States.
Context
- Committees
- Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
- Policy area
- Public Lands and Natural Resources: 136 of 3,779 bills became law, 113th–118th (3.6%)
- Sponsor
- 5 of 277 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in senate · 1,159 words
- Subjects
- Congressional tributesFiresFirst responders and emergency personnelForests, forestry, trees
- Latest action
- Jan 16, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text: CR S231-232)
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 0
The bill status record lists no related bills.
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]