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Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee
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H.R. 956In committee
Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025
Introduced: Feb 4, 2025
Latest action date: Mar 7, 2025
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
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- 119th Congress
- Introduced
- Feb 4, 2025
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Status detail: The most advanced recorded stage is committee consideration.
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What this bill does
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.
Official summary from Congress.gov.
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Armed Forces and National Security
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Aviation and airportsFiresForests, forestry, treesMilitary assistance, sales, and agreements
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Agriculture Committee
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Armed Services Committee
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Oversight and Government Reform Committee
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
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IntroReferralLibrary of CongressReferred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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