S 160
Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025
Summary
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.
Bill status
- Status
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Sen. Tim Sheehy [R-MT]
- Cosponsors
- 8
- Policy area
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Introduced
- 2025-01-21
- Latest action
- 2025-06-12: Became Public Law No: 119-18.
Committee referrals
Recent actions
- 2025-06-12: Became Public Law No: 119-18.
- 2025-06-12: Became Public Law No: 119-18.
- 2025-06-12: Signed by President.
- 2025-06-12: Signed by President.
- 2025-06-10: Presented to President.