S160Enacted into Law
Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025
Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
Passed Both
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-01-21
Introduced
8
Cosponsors
S
ⓘType
Sponsor
Tim Sheehy
Republican · MT · Senator
Votes with party: 34.5% (316 recorded votes)
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Cosponsors (8)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
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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.
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Subjects
Armed Forces and National Security
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