119th Congress
H.R. 956
Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Dan Newhouse(R-WA)
- Introduced
- Feb 4, 2025
- Policy area
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Committees
- House Committee on Agriculture; House Committee on Armed Services; House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
- Official text
- Introduced in House · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (17)
Original cosponsors (3)
- Gabe Vasquez (D-NM)
- Jake Ellzey (R-TX)
- Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA)
Added later (14)
- Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT) · Feb 6, 2025
- Russ Fulcher (R-ID) · Feb 12, 2025
- Cliff Bentz (R-OR) · Feb 27, 2025
- Sara Jacobs (D-CA) · Mar 3, 2025
- Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM) · Mar 10, 2025
- Michael K. Simpson (R-ID) · Mar 27, 2025
- Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA) · Mar 31, 2025
- Josh Harder (D-CA) · Apr 1, 2025
- Troy Downing (R-MT) · Apr 1, 2025
- David G. Valadao (R-CA) · Apr 21, 2025
- Andy Biggs (R-AZ) · May 6, 2025
- L000578 · Jun 3, 2025
- Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA) · Oct 3, 2025
- George Whitesides (D-CA) · Nov 21, 2025
Summary
Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in House” version
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.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Mar 7, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture. - Feb 4, 2025 · House
Referred 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. - Feb 4, 2025
Introduced in House