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S 1437 114th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Aviation and airports Fires First responders and emergency personnel National Guard and reserves

Modular Airborne Firefighting System Flexibility Act

Introduced: May 21, 2015 Introduced by: Barrasso, John Republican · Wyoming See on congress.gov
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May 21, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
May 21, 2015
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Modular Airborne Firefighting System Flexibility Act

This bill authorizes the National Guard to provide assistance to support civilian authority firefighting operations or activities, including aerial firefighting employment of the Modular Airborne Firefighting System.

Such authority is based on a recognition of the basic premises of the National Incident Management System and the National Response Framework that: (1) incidents are typically managed at the local level first; and (2) local jurisdictions retain command, control, and authority over response activities for their jurisdictional areas.

What's happening now May 21, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1735 Related bill National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016
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Tillis, Thomas
North Carolina · May 21, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1437: Modular Airborne Firefighting System Flexibility Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1437/
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"S. 1437: Modular Airborne Firefighting System Flexibility Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1437/.
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