[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 160 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 160

  To amend the Wildfire Suppression Aircraft Transfer Act of 1996 to 
reauthorize the sale by the Department of Defense of aircraft and parts 
       for wildfire suppression purposes, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 21, 2025

  Mr. Sheehy (for himself and Mr. Heinrich) introduced the following 
   bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed 
                                Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Wildfire Suppression Aircraft Transfer Act of 1996 to 
reauthorize the sale by the Department of Defense of aircraft and parts 
       for wildfire suppression purposes, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act 
of 2025''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION AND REAUTHORIZATION OF AUTHORITY FOR SALE BY 
              DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OF AIRCRAFT AND PARTS FOR WILDFIRE 
              SUPPRESSION PURPOSES.

    Section 2 of the Wildfire Suppression Aircraft Transfer Act of 1996 
(Public Law 104-307; 10 U.S.C. 2576 note) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)--
                    (A) by striking ``a period'' and inserting ``the 
                period''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``or water'' after ``fire 
                retardant'';
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``sold under subsection 
        (a)'' and all that follows through the period at the end and 
        inserting ``sold under subsection (a) may be used only for the 
        provision of aircraft services for wildfire suppression 
        purposes.'';
            (3) in subsection (c), by inserting ``or water'' after 
        ``fire retardant'';
            (4) in subsection (d)(1), in the second sentence, by 
        striking ``subsection (a)(1)'' and inserting ``subsection 
        (g)''; and
            (5) by striking subsection (g) and inserting the following:
    ``(g) Period for Exercise of Authority.--The period specified in 
this subsection is the period beginning on October 1, 2025, and ending 
on October 1, 2035.''.
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