119-s160

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 160 Enrolled Bill

    (ENR) ]

 S.160

 One Hundred Nineteenth Congress

 of the

 United States of America

 AT THE FIRST SESSION

 Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
 the third day of January, two thousand and twenty five

 An Act

 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 the date of the enactment of 
the Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025 and ending on October 
1, 2035.''.

 Speaker of the House of Representatives.

 Vice President of the United States and 
 President of the Senate.