HR 836 — Emergency Wildfire Fighting Technology Act of 2025
Congress 119
Latest action: — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Sponsors
- Valadao, David G. (R, CA-22) — sponsor · 2025-01-31
- Whitesides, George (D, CA-27) — cosponsor
- Amodei, Mark E. (R, NV-2) — cosponsor
Lobbied by (2)
LDA filings that named this bill in their activity descriptions. The lobbying firm (registrant) is paid by the client to lobby on this and related issues.
| Filing | Period | Registrant (lobbying firm) | Client | Income | Matched |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | COLLECTIVE STRATEGIES & COMMUNICATIONS | CAPITOL COUNSEL, LLC ON BEHALF OF PRIME MINUTE, INC. | $60,000 | H.R.836 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC | PRIME MINUTE, INC. | $60,000 | H.R.836 |
Action timeline
- · H11100 — Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
- · H11100 — Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
- · H38310 — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- · H37300 — On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H478)
- · 8000 — Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H478)
- · H8D000 — DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 836.
- · H30000 — Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H478-480)
- · H30300 — Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- — Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
Text versions
- Introduced in House · 2025-01-31 — open
- Engrossed in House · 2025-02-05 — open
- Referred in Senate · 2025-02-06 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (5)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Whitesides, George | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Amodei, Mark E. | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-01 | CAPITOL COUNSEL, LLC ON BEHALF OF PRIME MINUTE, INC. | lobbies_on_bill | — | H.R.836 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | PRIME MINUTE, INC. | lobbies_on_bill | — | H.R.836 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2025-01-31 | Valadao, David G. | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Outbound (3)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-03 | referred_to_committee | Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee | — | congress-committee | |
| 2025-01-03 | referred_to_committee | House Agriculture Committee | — | congress-committee | |
| 2025-01-03 | referred_to_committee | House Natural Resources Committee | — | congress-committee |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valadao, David G. (R, house CA-22) | sponsor | 1 | — | 6 |
| 2 | Whitesides, George (D, house CA-27) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 3 | Amodei, Mark E. (R, house NV-2) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Who's influencing them
Orgs ranked by combined money flow on this bill: LDA filings citing the bill + individual contributions in cycle 2026from donors whose employer matches the org name (Schedule A) to any principal committee in the "who matters" list above.
| # | Org | LDA filings | LDA spend | Donor employees | Employee donations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PRIME MINUTE, INC. | 1 | $60,000 | 0 | $0 | $60,000 |
| 2 | CAPITOL COUNSEL, LLC ON BEHALF OF PRIME MINUTE, INC. | 1 | $60,000 | 0 | $0 | $60,000 |
| 3 | not employed | 0 | $0 | 77 | $12,698 | $12,698 |
| 4 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 7 | $3,994 | $3,994 |
| 5 | third point llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 6 | bnp paribas | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 7 | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 | |
| 8 | montage international | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 9 | golden gate petroleum of nv | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 |
| 10 | mount sinai health system | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 11 | rancho teresita dairy | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 12 | retired | 0 | $0 | 8 | $1,022 | $1,022 |
| 13 | microsoft | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 14 | cal trans | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 15 | crosswalk labs inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 16 | davis polk & wardwell llp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 17 | john farms | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 18 | haverly systems | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 19 | gold star cattle co, llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 20 | philip j. martin real estate, llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 21 | land iq llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 22 | kenneth khachigian | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 23 | harvard university | 0 | $0 | 1 | $200 | $200 |
| 24 | university of southern california | 0 | $0 | 1 | $200 | $200 |
| 25 | advanced bionics | 0 | $0 | 1 | $100 | $100 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
3 predicted yes (1%) · 3 predicted no (1%) · 537 unknown (98%)
By party: · R: 2 yes / 0 no / 275 unknown · D: 1 yes / 0 no / 262 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
3 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Valadao, David G. (R · house · CA-22) · sponsor
- Amodei, Mark E. (R · house · NV-2) · cosponsor
- Whitesides, George (D · house · CA-27) · cosponsor
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Whitesides, George (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Amodei, Mark E. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by PRIME MINUTE, INC. (h.r.836) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by CAPITOL COUNSEL, LLC ON BEHALF OF PRIME MINUTE, INC. (h.r.836) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2025-01-31 · sponsored by Valadao, David G. (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-03 · was referred to House Agriculture Committee · congress-committee
- 2025-01-03 · was referred to Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · congress-committee
- 2025-01-03 · was referred to House Natural Resources Committee · congress-committee