Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025
Summary
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.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Jan 21, 2025
Signed Jun 12, 2025
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Jun 12, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by President.
executive
Jun 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2390)
lower
Apr 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S2480)
upper
Apr 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
upper
Apr 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee on Armed Services discharged by Unanimous Consent.
upper
Jan 21, 2025
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
upper
Jan 21, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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