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HR 956 119th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Aviation and airports Fires Forests, forestry, trees Military assistance, sales, and agreements

Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025

Introduced: March 10, 2025 Introduced by: Newhouse, Dan Republican · Washington See on congress.gov
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Mar 7, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
Feb 4, 2025
Introduced in House
Feb 4, 2025
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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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025

This bill 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 October 1, 2025, and ends October 1, 2035.

The bill 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 bill removes the previous limitation on providing international wildfire suppression assistance with such purchased aircraft.

What's happening now March 7, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Lobbying activity 26

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

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 Cosponsors 17
All 17 Democratic 8 Republican 9
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Whitesides, George
California · Nov 21, 2025
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Vindman, Eugene Simon
Virginia · Oct 3, 2025
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LaMalfa, Doug
California · Jun 3, 2025
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Biggs, Andy
Arizona · May 6, 2025
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Valadao, David G.
California · Apr 21, 2025
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Downing, Troy
Montana · Apr 1, 2025
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Harder, Josh
California · Apr 1, 2025
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Cisneros, Gilbert Ray
California · Mar 31, 2025
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Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Mar 27, 2025
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Stansbury, Melanie A.
New Mexico · Mar 10, 2025
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Jacobs, Sara
California · Mar 3, 2025
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Bentz, Cliff
Oregon · Feb 27, 2025
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Fulcher, Russ
Idaho · Feb 12, 2025
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Zinke, Ryan K.
Montana · Feb 6, 2025
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Carbajal, Salud O.
California · Feb 4, 2025
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Ellzey, Jake
Texas · Feb 4, 2025
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Vasquez, Gabe
New Mexico · Feb 4, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 956: Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-956/
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"H.R. 956: Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-956/.
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H.R. 956, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-956/.
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