HR 956 · in committee · major
Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025
- defense
- climate
What this bill does
- The bill allows the Department of Defense to sell excess aircraft and parts for wildfire suppression between 2025 and 2035.
- Firefighting agencies and international partners affected by wildfires can purchase and use these aircraft.
- No new federal spending required; revenue comes from selling existing Defense Department inventory.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would selling Department of Defense aircraft for wildfire suppression affect military readiness and equipment availability during the 10-year window?
- 02
What criteria should determine which firefighting agencies and international partners qualify to purchase these defense aircraft?
- 03
Why is a 10-year sales window necessary instead of allowing permanent conversion of excess military aircraft to civilian firefighting use?
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Sponsor · R-WA-4
Dan Newhouse
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
17/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-03-07
Joining the bill
Jake Ellzey
R-TX-6 · original
Salud O. Carbajal
D-CA-24 · original
Gabe Vasquez
D-NM-2 · original
Ryan K. Zinke
R-MT-1
Russ Fulcher
R-ID-1
Cliff Bentz
R-OR-2
Sara Jacobs
D-CA-51
Melanie A. Stansbury
D-NM-1
Michael K. Simpson
R-ID-2
Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
D-CA-31
Troy Downing
R-MT-2
Josh Harder
D-CA-9
+ 5 more
Legislative timeline
2025-03-07 · house · Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
2025-02-04 · house · IntroReferral
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.
2025-02-04 · house · IntroReferral
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.
2025-02-04 · house · IntroReferral
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.
2025-02-04 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-02-04 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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