Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025 became law 142 days after introduction, with cosponsors from both parties
IntroducedJan 21, 2025
Reported—
Passed one chamberApr 8, 2025
Passed bothJun 3, 2025
LawJun 12, 2025
What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 89 words.
Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025 This act reauthorizes the Department of Defense to sell its excess aircraft and aircraft parts that are acceptable for commercial sale for wildfire suppression purposes. Such authority begins June 12, 2025, and ends October 1, 2035. The act also provides that such aircraft may be used to deliver water by air in order to suppress wildfire (the previous authority only provided for the delivery of fire retardant). The act removes the previous limitation on providing international wildfire suppression assistance with such purchased aircraft.
Context
- Committees
- Senate Armed Services Committee
- Policy area
- Armed Forces and National Security: 268 of 6,567 bills became law, 113th–118th (4.1%)
- Sponsor
- 1 of 76 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 4, from enrolled bill to public law · 432 words
- Subjects
- Aviation and airportsFiresForests, forestry, treesMilitary assistance, sales, and agreements
- Latest action
- Jun 12, 2025: Became Public Law No: 119-18.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 119th H.R. 956 Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025 R · Introduced
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]