119THCONGRESS
1
STSESSION H. R. 836
AN ACT
To require the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the
Chief of the Forest Service, and the Secretary of the
Interior to conduct an evaluation with respect to the
use of the container aerial firefighting system (CAFFS),
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Wildfire 2
Fighting Technology Act of 2025’’. 3
SEC. 2. CONTAINER AERIAL FIREFIGHTING SYSTEM 4
(CAFFS). 5
(a) E
VALUATION.—Not later than 90 days after the 6
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agri-7
culture and the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation 8
with the National Interagency Aviation Committee and the 9
Interagency Airtanker Board, shall jointly conduct an 10
evaluation of the container aerial firefighting system to as-11
sess the use of such system to mitigate and suppress 12
wildfires. 13
(b) R
EPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date 14
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture 15
and the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the 16
National Interagency Aviation Committee and the Inter-17
agency Airtanker Board, shall jointly submit to the appro-18
priate committees a report that includes the results of the 19
evaluation required under subsection (a). 20
(c) A
PPROPRIATECOMMITTEESDEFINED.—In this 21
section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees’’ means— 22
(1) the Committees on Agriculture and Natural 23
Resources of the House of Representatives; and 24 3
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(2) the Committees on Agriculture, Nutrition, 1
and Forestry and Energy and Natural Resources of 2
the Senate. 3
Passed the House of Representatives February 5,
2025.
Attest:
Clerk. 119
TH
CONGRESS
1
ST
S
ESSION
H. R. 836
AN ACT
To require the Secretary of Agriculture, acting
through the Chief of the Forest Service, and the
Secretary of the Interior to conduct an evaluation
with respect to the use of the container aerial
firefighting system (CAFFS), and for other pur-
poses.