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Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to amend the Wildfire Suppression Aircraft Transfer Act of 1996 to reauthorize the sale by the Department of Defense of aircraft and parts for wildfire suppression purposes, and for other purposes.

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What This Bill Does

This act 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 June 12, 2025, and ends October 1, 2035.

The act 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 act removes the previous limitation on providing international wildfire suppression assistance with such purchased aircraft.

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Timeline

  1. Library of CongressSigned by President.
  2. Became Law
  3. House floor actionsPresented to President.
  4. House floor actionsMr. Comer moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  5. SenateMessage on Senate action sent to the House.
  6. House floor actionsReceived in the House.
  7. SenateSenate Committee on Armed Services discharged by Unanimous Consent.
  8. Library of CongressPassed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  9. Floor Vote
  10. Library of CongressIntroduced in Senate
  11. SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
  12. Introduced
  13. Committee

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