Search Results: keywords:"remote sensing"

  • H. R. 1213 — To amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 to modify the forest inventory and analysis program.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:1,528

    H.R. 1213, titled the "Forest Data Modernization Act of 2025," aims to update the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978. The bill intends to improve forest inventory and analysis by including new methods like timber product studies and surveys of...

    Simple Explanation

    H.R. 1213 wants to update how we study and count the trees in forests by using cool new tools like satellites and computer programs, and plans to keep the information safe while making it easier to access for everyone.

  • H. R. 7362 — To establish cooperative agreements for wildland fire research, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:889

    H.R. 7362, known as the “Satellites Preventing Agricultural Crises and Emergencies Act of 2024” or the “SPACE Act of 2024,” proposes a plan for the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to create partnerships with universities for research on wildland fires. The goal is to use satellite data to...

    Simple Explanation

    The bill is about helping people understand and control wildfires better by using information from satellites in space, and it wants the Secretary of Agriculture to work together with schools to make this happen. It's like asking big brains from different places to team up and use technology to keep forests safe from fires.

  • S. 517 — To amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 to modify the forest inventory and analysis program.
    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:1,535

    The Forest Data Modernization Act of 2025 aims to update the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 by improving methods for gathering and analyzing forest data. It expands data collection to include information on forest carbon and introduces new...

    Simple Explanation

    The Forest Data Modernization Act of 2025 is like getting better tools to count and understand all the trees in the forest, using cool stuff like satellites and computers, so everyone can understand how the forest is doing and how to take care of it, but sometimes people might need to pay to get special information.