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