Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025
Chamber: United States House of Representatives (The United States of America)
**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.
Sponsors
(18)
DNDan Newhouse
Republican · Primary
JEJake Ellzey
Republican · Primary
SCSalud Carbajal
Democrat · Primary
GVGabe Vasquez
Democrat · Primary
RZRyan Zinke
Republican · Cosponsor
RFRuss Fulcher
Republican · Cosponsor
CBCliff Bentz
Republican · Cosponsor
SJSara Jacobs
Democrat · Cosponsor
MSMelanie Stansbury
Democrat · Cosponsor
MSMichael Simpson
Republican · Cosponsor
GRCGilbert Ray Cisneros
Democrat · Cosponsor
JHJosh Harder
Democrat · Cosponsor
TDTroy Downing
Republican · Cosponsor
DVDavid Valadao
Republican · Cosponsor
ABAndy Biggs
Republican · Cosponsor
DLDoug LaMalfa
Republican · Cosponsor
ESVEugene Simon Vindman
Democrat · Cosponsor
GWGeorge Whitesides
Democrat · Cosponsor
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