OPENING THE RECORD
OPENING THE RECORD
S. 160 · 119TH CONGRESS
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CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025
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.
Written by the Congressional Research Service for this version of the bill. Later versions may differ. Read at Congress.gov.