The bill
To provide for the establishment of regional wildland fire research centers, and for other purposes.
HR. 6154, 119th Congress — read as touching Construction & Engineering.
To provide for the establishment of regional wildland fire research centers, and for other purposes.
Bill ID: 119/hr/6154
Last Updated: November 19, 2025
Sponsored by
Rep. Min, Dave [D-CA-47]
ID: M001241
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The sponsor
Rep. Min, Dave [D-CA-47]
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The money
$86,200 raised
30 itemised contributions to this sponsor, pulled from FEC filings.
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💰 Campaign Finance Network
Rep. Min, Dave [D-CA-47]
Congress 119 • 2024 Election Cycle
Total Contributions
$86,200
21 donors
PACs
$0
Organizations
$26,800
Committees
$0
Individuals
$59,400
No PAC contributions found
1
SYCUAN BANK OF KUMEYAAY NATION
$6,600
2
SANTA ROSA RANCHERIA
$6,600
3
YOCHA DEHE WINTUN NATION
$6,600
4
BARONA BANK OF MISSION INDIANS
$3,500
5
VIEJAS BANK OF KUMEYAAY INDIANS
$2,500
6
FEDERATED INDIANS OF GRATON RANCHERIA
$1,000
No committee contributions found
1
HWONG, TIFFANY
$6,600
2
PAGE, GLORIA
$6,600
3
PARK, JULIENNE
$6,600
4
JACOBS, IRWIN
$3,300
5
CHOW, FRANCIS
$3,300
6
FONG, DANIEL
$3,300
7
FONG, MARYANN
$3,300
8
GELBARD, ROBERT
$3,300
9
LEE, ALFRED
$3,300
10
PARK, ELLIOT
$3,300
11
PRICE, ALLISON
$3,300
12
PRICE, ROBERT
$3,300
13
ROH, HWA
$3,300
14
SMITH, LEO
$3,300
15
WORAH, MIHIR
$3,300
Donor Network - Rep. Min, Dave [D-CA-47]
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Total contributions: $86,200
Top Donors - Rep. Min, Dave [D-CA-47]
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6 Orgs15 Individuals
Industry Impact
Which industries are materially affected by specific provisions in this bill. 5 helped.
- +Construction & Engineeringconfidence 0.90
Section 3(g)(1)(A) authorizes appropriations for establishing and administering regional centers, including construction or acquisition of equipment (subsection (g)(2)), which benefits construction and engineering firms involved in building facilities and procuring research equipment.
- +AI & Cloud Infrastructureconfidence 0.85
Section 3(b)(4)(C) requires centers to develop technologies to predict wildland fire spread and behavior, including integration of technologies for near-real-time prediction and decision support systems, which involves AI and cloud infrastructure for data processing and modeling.
- +Semiconductors & Hardwareconfidence 0.80
Section 3(b)(4)(C)(iii) calls for integration of technologies to predict wildland fire spread and smoke in near-real-time, which relies on advanced sensors, computing hardware, and semiconductor-based systems for data collection and processing.
- +Electric Utilitiesconfidence 0.75
Section 3(b)(4)(E) aims to leverage predictive capabilities to reduce smoke impact on communities and incident management teams, which could benefit electric utilities by improving grid resilience and reducing wildfire-related outages through better forecasting.
- +Telecommunicationsconfidence 0.70
Section 3(b)(4)(C)(iii) emphasizes near-real-time integration of technologies for wildland fire prediction, which depends on telecommunications infrastructure for data transmission from sensors and field devices to central systems.
Who funds the sponsor on these industries
For each industry this bill affects, here's what the sponsor (Rep. Min, Dave [D-CA-47])received from donors associated with that industry during the 2022–present cycles. Donations are not proof of intent — they are a record of who funds the people writing the law.
Industries this bill HELPS
- Telecommunications$15,300from 14 contributions
- GILES, JOHNNIE$6,300
- DAVIS, SUSAN$3,000
- YAP, ROBERT$2,000
- CHO, JAY$1,000
- SHIM, LINDA$1,000
- from 43 contributions
- AYER, VERNA$1,000
- DONOFRIO, ANITA$1,000
- BEAUCAGE, JACEY$950
- HUANG, JIAN$775
- RABBITT-TOMITA, JASON M$750
- from 2 contributions
- SIMONSON, KENNETH$500
- DESHONG, JOHN$250
- from 1 contribution
- YOO, MATT$250