Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025
The summary
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.
Legislative timeline
From introduction
Jan 21, 2025
Introduced & referred to committee
Congressional support
Sponsors & Cosponsors
U.S. Representative - MT · R-MT
8 cosponsors
U.S. Representative - NM · D-NM
Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security · R-OK
U.S. Representative - NM · D-NM
Member of Congress · D-AZ
U.S. Representative - Idaho District 2 · R-ID
U.S. Representative - ID · R-ID
U.S. Representative - CA · D-CA
Member of Congress · D-GA
Roll-call vote
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The vote, by member
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Bill Metadata
| Congress | 119 |
| Bill Type | S |
| Bill Number | 160 |
| Origin Chamber | Senate |
| Current Status | Became Public Law No: 119-18. |
| Policy Area | Armed Forces and National Security |
| Primary Committee | Not assigned |
| Introduced | January 21, 2025 |
| Latest Action | June 12, 2025 |
| Cosponsors | 8 · House vote — · 1 views |