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)
Session: 119th Congress Current
**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)
DN
Dan Newhouse
Republican · Primary
JE
Jake Ellzey
Republican · Primary
SC
Salud Carbajal
Democrat · Primary
GV
Gabe Vasquez
Democrat · Primary
RZ
Ryan Zinke
Republican · Cosponsor
RF
Russ Fulcher
Republican · Cosponsor
CB
Cliff Bentz
Republican · Cosponsor
SJ
Sara Jacobs
Democrat · Cosponsor
MS
Melanie Stansbury
Democrat · Cosponsor
MS
Michael Simpson
Republican · Cosponsor
GRC
Gilbert Ray Cisneros
Democrat · Cosponsor
JH
Josh Harder
Democrat · Cosponsor
TD
Troy Downing
Republican · Cosponsor
DV
David Valadao
Republican · Cosponsor
AB
Andy Biggs
Republican · Cosponsor
DL
Doug LaMalfa
Republican · Cosponsor
ESV
Eugene Simon Vindman
Democrat · Cosponsor
GW
George Whitesides
Democrat · Cosponsor

Legislative Votes

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