HR956Referred to Committee
Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-02-04
Introduced
17
Cosponsors
HR
ⓘType
Sponsor
Dan Newhouse
Republican · WA · Representative
Votes with party: 96.3% (592 recorded votes)
Full profile: /officials/N000189
Source: Congress.gov · FEC
Cosponsors (17)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
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Latest Action
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Committee Activity
Currently in
- House Committee on AgricultureReferred To · 2025-02-04
- House Committee on Armed ServicesReferred To · 2025-02-04
- House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformReferred To · 2025-02-04
Plain-English Summary
Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025 This bill reauthorizes the Department of Defense to sell its excess aircraft and aircraft parts that are acceptable for commercial sale for wildfire suppression purposes. Such authority begins October 1, 2025, and ends October 1, 2035. The bill also provides that such aircraft may be used to deliver water by air in order to suppress wildfire (the previous authority only provided for the delivery of fire retardant). The bill removes the previous limitation on providing international wildfire suppression assistance with such purchased aircraft.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
Subjects
Armed Forces and National Security
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