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Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-02-04
Introduced
17
Cosponsors
HR
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Dan Newhouse
Dan Newhouse
Republican · WA · Representative
Votes with party: 96.3% (592 recorded votes)

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.

2025-03-07

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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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Armed Forces and National Security
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