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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 956 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Wildfire Suppression Aircraft Transfer Act of 1996 to reau- |
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| 6 | 6 | | thorize the sale by the Department of Defense of aircraft and parts |
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| 7 | 7 | | for wildfire suppression purposes, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY4, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. N |
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| 11 | 11 | | EWHOUSE(for himself, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. CARBAJAL, and Mr. VASQUEZ) |
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| 12 | 12 | | introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on |
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| 13 | 13 | | Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees |
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| 14 | 14 | | on Armed Services, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently de- |
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| 15 | 15 | | termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions |
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| 16 | 16 | | as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 17 | 17 | | A BILL |
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| 18 | 18 | | To amend the Wildfire Suppression Aircraft Transfer Act |
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| 19 | 19 | | of 1996 to reauthorize the sale by the Department of |
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| 20 | 20 | | Defense of aircraft and parts for wildfire suppression |
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| 21 | 21 | | purposes, and for other purposes. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Aerial Firefighting En-4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | hancement Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | SEC. 2. MODIFICATION AND REAUTHORIZATION OF AU-1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | THORITY FOR SALE BY DEPARTMENT OF DE-2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | FENSE OF AIRCRAFT AND PARTS FOR WILD-3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | FIRE SUPPRESSION PURPOSES. 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Section 2 of the Wildfire Suppression Aircraft Trans-5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | fer Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–307; 10 U.S.C. 2576 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | note) is amended— 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (1) in subsection (a)(1)— 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (A) by striking ‘‘a period’’ and inserting 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘the period’’; and 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (B) by inserting ‘‘or water’’ after ‘‘fire re-11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | tardant’’; 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘sold under 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | subsection (a)’’ and all that follows through the pe-14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | riod at the end and inserting ‘‘sold under subsection 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (a) may be used only for the provision of aircraft 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | services for wildfire suppression purposes.’’; 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (3) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘or water’’ 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | after ‘‘fire retardant’’; 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (4) in subsection (d)(1), in the second sentence, 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | section (g)’’; and 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (5) by striking subsection (g) and inserting the 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | following: 24 |
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| 57 | 57 | | ‘‘(g) PERIOD FOREXERCISE OFAUTHORITY.—The 1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | period specified in this subsection is the period beginning 2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | on October 1, 2025, and ending on October 1, 2035.’’. 3 |
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