,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ebg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #af1        
#bjbe,ms4 ,pettersen 7for herself and   
,mr4 ,obernolte7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,natural ,resources   
,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of 
the ,interior1 acting through the       
,director of the ,united ,states        
,geological ,survey1 to establish a     
grant program for monitoring wildfires  
by satellite4  #a4 ,short title ,this   
,act may be cited as the ,strengthening 
,wildfire ,resiliency ,through          
,satellites ,act of #bjbe4  #b4         
,monitoring wildfires by satellite  7a7 
,grant program ,to monitor wildfires by 
satellite  7#a7 ,establishment ,not     
later than one year after the date of   
the enactment of this section1 the      
,secretary shall establish a competitive
 grant program under which the          
,secretary shall make at least three    
grants to eligible entities to monitor  

wildfires by satellite 7in this section 
referred to as the ,program74  7#b7     
,eligible projects ,each eligible entity
 awarded a grant under the ,program     
shall only use such grant to-- 7,a7     
purchase and integrate1 through a       
public-private partnership1             
high-resolution multi- and              
hyper-spectral full spectrum imaging    
capability from visible1 near-infrared1 
shortwave infrared1 thermal infrared1   
and radar data from the                 
latest-generation of wildfire monitoring
 satellites2 and  7,b7 use the data     
acquired under subparagraph 7,a71 as    
well as any analyses relating to such   
data1 to detect1 assess1 respond to1 and
 manage wildfires1 with an emphasis on--
 7i7 monitoring active fire behavior1   
burned area1 intensity1 and severity2   
7ii7 ensuring the safety and            
effectiveness of prescribed fire        
treatments2 and  7iii7 guiding post-fire
 risk assessment and disaster recovery4 
7#c7 ,application ,to be eligible for a 

grant under the ,program1 an eligible   
entity shall submit to the ,secretary an
 application at such time1 in such      
manner1 and containing such information 
as the ,secretary may require4  7#d7    
,grant amount ,each grant awarded under 
the ,program shall be in an amount the  
,secretary determines appropriate4  7#e7
 ,report ,not later than the last day of
 the second fiscal year beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this       
section1 the ,secretary shall submit to 
,congress a report that includes-- 7,a7 
the number of applications received for 
a grant under the ,program2  7,b7       
details of each eligible entity that was
 awarded a grant under the ,program2    
7,c7 the impact of the ,program on      
wildfire prevention2  7,d7 any          
recommendation that the ,secretary      
determines appropriate to establish the 
,program as a long-term grant program2  
and  7,e7 any other information on the  
effectiveness of the ,program that the  
,secretary determines appropriate4  7b7 

,authorization of appropriations ,there 
is authorized to be appropriated to the 
,secretary #bj1jjj1jjj for each of      
fiscal years #bjbf through #bjbh to     
carry out the ,program4  7c7            
,definitions ,in this section-- 7#a7 the
 term eligible entity means a ,state    
forester1 emergency manager1 or         
equivalent ,state official2 and  7#b7   
the term ,secretary means the ,secretary
 of the ,interior1 acting through the   
,director of the ,united ,states        
,geological ,survey4