119-hr956

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 956 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 956

 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.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 February 4, 2025

 Mr. Newhouse (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 
 determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act 
of 2025''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION AND REAUTHORIZATION OF AUTHORITY FOR SALE BY 
 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OF AIRCRAFT AND PARTS FOR WILDFIRE 
 SUPPRESSION PURPOSES.

 

Section 2 of the Wildfire Suppression Aircraft Transfer Act of 1996 
(Public Law 104-307; 10 U.S.C. 2576 note) is amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (a)

    (1) --
        (A) by striking ``a period'' and inserting ``the 
 period''; and
        (B) by inserting ``or water'' after ``fire 
 retardant'';

    (2) in subsection

    (b) , by striking ``sold under subsection

    (a) '' and all that follows through the period at the end and 
 inserting ``sold under subsection

    (a) may be used only for the 
 provision of aircraft services for wildfire suppression 
 purposes.'';

    (3) in subsection
            (c) , by inserting ``or water'' after 
 ``fire retardant'';

    (4) in subsection
            (d) (1) , in the second sentence, by 
 striking ``subsection

    (a)

    (1) '' and inserting ``subsection

    (g) ''; and

    (5) by striking subsection

    (g) and inserting the following:
 ``

    (g) Period for Exercise of Authority.--The period specified in 
this subsection is the period beginning on October 1, 2025, and ending 
on October 1, 2035.''.
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