Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025

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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.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Feb 4, 2025

Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025

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.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025

Latest action (Mar 7, 2025): Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: House · Introduced: Feb 4, 2025

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.