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SummaryIntroduced in House
2025-02-04
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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| Introduced in House | 2025-02-04T05:00:00Z |
Introduced2025-02-04
119th Congress
Cosponsors17
Co-sponsoring members
Policy AreaArmed Forces and National Security
Primary subject
Last Action2025-03-07
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry
Legislative Subjects4 total
Aviation and airportsFiresForests, forestry, treesMilitary assistance, sales, and agreements
Cosponsors17 members
RRep. Ellzey, Jake [R-TX-6]TXDRep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]CADRep. Vasquez, Gabe [D-NM-2]NMRRep. Zinke, Ryan K. [R-MT-1]MTRRep. Fulcher, Russ [R-ID-1]IDRRep. Bentz, Cliff [R-OR-2]ORDRep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51]CADRep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1]NMRRep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]IDDRep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray, Jr. [D-CA-31]CADRep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9]CARRep. Downing, Troy [R-MT-2]MTRRep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22]CARRep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]AZRRep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1]CADRep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]VADRep. Whitesides, George [D-CA-27]CA
Latest Action2025-03-07
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.