FireGuard Program: program of record; authorization

Section 510 of title 32, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by inserting (1) before The Secretary; (B) by inserting of record after carry out a program; and (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (2) The FireGuard Program is authorized through December 31, 2031.. (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (c) Annual briefing Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives the first of five annual briefings regarding the FireGuard Program. Such a briefing shall include, with regards to the year preceding the date of the briefing, the following elements: (1) The States (as such term is defined in section 901 of this title), counties, municipalities, and Tribal governments that received information under the FireGuard Program. (2) A comparative analysis of a map of— (A) each wildfire, initially provided to an entity described in paragraph (1) through the FireGuard Program; and (B) the perimeter of such wildfire after containment. (3) An analysis of the time between the detection of a fire via raw satellite data and alerts being sent to local responders. (4) A review of efforts undertaken to integrate emerging satellite and aerial surveillance technologies from qualified private, nonprofit, and public sector sources..