Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025 in plain language
1: Short title
This section would give the Act a short title: the Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025.
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025 .
2: Modification and reauthorization of authority for sale by Department of Defense of aircraft and parts for wildfire suppression purposes
This section would amend Section 2 of the Wildfire Suppression Aircraft Transfer Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-307; 10 U.S.C. 2576 note), which governs the Department of Defense's authority to sell aircraft and parts for wildfire suppression purposes. In subsection (a)(1), it would replace the phrase a period with the period, and it would add the words or water after fire retardant. In subsection (b), it would replace the existing text so that aircraft and parts sold under subsection (a) may be used only for the provision of aircraft services for wildfire suppression purposes. In subsection (c), it would add the words or water after fire retardant. In subsection (d)(1), it would change the cross-reference in the second sentence from subsection (a)(1) to subsection (g). Finally, it would replace subsection (g) in its entirety with new text setting the period for exercise of this sale authority as the period beginning October 1, 2025, and ending October 1, 2035.
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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. .