S. 1672

Summary

S. 1672, the Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2025, was introduced in the Senate on May 8, 2025 by Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R) with 6 co-sponsors. It was referred to Environment And Public Works, and last saw action on May 8, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Record

Text

S. 1672 has 6 co-sponsors.

119 S1672 IS: Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2025
 U.S. Senate
 2025-05-08
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 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 1672  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   May 8, 2025   Ms. Lummis  (for herself,  Mr. Risch ,  Mr. Crapo ,  Mr. Daines ,  Mr. Sheehy , and  Mr. Barrasso ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Environment and Public Works    A BILL
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify that a permit is not required under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System for a discharge resulting from the aerial application of certain products used for fire control and suppression, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2025  .
2.
Limitation on permit requirement
Section 402(l)(3) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1342(l)(3) ) is amended—
(1)
in subparagraph (A)—
(A)
by striking  this section for a discharge from  and inserting the following:
this section for—
(i)
a discharge from
 ;
(B)
in clause (i) (as so designated), by striking the period at the end and inserting  ; or ; and
(C)
by adding at the end the following:
(ii)
a discharge resulting from the aerial application of a product used for fire control and suppression purposes that appears on the most current applicable Qualified Products List maintained by the Forest Service (or any successor list).
 ; and
(2)
in subparagraph (C)—
(A)
by striking  (C) The authorization  and inserting the following:
(C)
Applicability
The authorization
 ;
(B)
by striking  Section 505(a)  and inserting  section 505(a) ;
(C)
by striking  402(p)(6)  and inserting  subsection (p)(6) ; and
(D)
by striking  402(l)(3)(A)  each place it appears and inserting  subparagraph (A) .

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A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify that a permit is not required under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System for a discharge resulting from the aerial application of certain products used for fire control and suppression, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R) sponsors S. 1672, and 6 members have co-sponsored it, 5 of them from the day it was introduced.

Cynthia Lummis

Sen. · R–WY · Sponsor

Introduced May 8, 2025

John Barrasso

Sen. · R–WY · Co-sponsor

Joined May 8, 2025 · Original

Mike Crapo

Sen. · R–ID · Co-sponsor

Joined May 8, 2025 · Original

Steve Daines

Sen. · R–MT · Co-sponsor

Joined May 8, 2025 · Original

James Risch

Sen. · R–ID · Co-sponsor

Joined May 8, 2025 · Original

Tim Sheehy

Sen. · R–MT · Co-sponsor

Joined May 8, 2025 · Original

Dan Sullivan

Sen. · R–AK · Co-sponsor

Joined May 13, 2025

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Committees

S. 1672 went before 1 committee: Environment and Public Works.

Environment and Public Works

Environment and Public Works

Referred To · May 8, 2025 · 257 Bills

Actions

S. 1672 has taken 2 actions since May 8, 2025.

Votes

S. 1672 has not gone to a roll call.

Related bills

1 bill is related to S. 1672, as Identical bill.

HR 3300Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2025Jun 13, 2025 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. · Identical bill

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Titles

S. 1672 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify that a permit is not required under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System for a discharge resulting from the aerial application of certain products used for fire control and suppression, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

8 clients hired 3 firms and 5 registered lobbyists who named S. 1672 in 30 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Aviation/Airlines/Airports, Chemicals/Chemical Industry, Budget/Appropriations, Government Issues, Natural Resources.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 1672 under Environmental Protection, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 1672’s is Environmental Protection.

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