[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 160 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
S.160
One Hundred Nineteenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty five
An Act
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 the date of the enactment of
the Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025 and ending on October
1, 2035.''.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.