# 119-hr-3300: Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2025

119-hr-3300, Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] (R-CA); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-25).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-3300
- Congress: 119
- Title: Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-05-08
- Sponsor: Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] (R-CA)
- Cosponsors: 12
- Policy area: Environmental Protection
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-25

## Summary

**Exempts certain aerial firefighting product discharges from NPDES permits.** This amendment says aerial applications of products used for fire control and suppression do not require a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit if the product appears on the Forest Service's most current Qualified Products List or any successor list. It also updates internal cross-references in the Clean Water Act so the statutory language matches the change. - Aerial firefighting operators and crews: Do not need an NPDES permit when applying products that are on the Forest Service's Qualified Products List. - Forest Service and manufacturers: Whether a product is on the Forest Service Qualified Products List now determines eligibility for the permit exemption. - Water-quality regulators: The bill narrows when NPDES permit requirements apply by excluding these specific listed aerial discharges.

## Cosponsors (12)

- Rep. Gray, Adam [D-CA-13] (D-CA), 2025-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kiley, Kevin [I-CA-3] (I-CA), 2025-05-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bentz, Cliff [R-OR-2] (R-OR), 2025-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA), 2025-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hurd, Jeff [R-CO-3] (R-CO), 2025-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-5] (R-CA), 2025-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2025-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] (R-CA), 2025-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fong, Vince [R-CA-20] (R-CA), 2025-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41] (R-CA), 2025-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48] (R-CA), 2025-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kim, Young [R-CA-40] (R-CA), 2025-05-08T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Less permitting for aerial firefighting operators: benefit, low. If enacted, this bill would exempt certain aerial firefighting discharges from the federal NPDES water-pollution permit requirement. It would apply only when the product is used for fire control or suppression. The product must be on the Forest Service’s most current Qualified Products List or any…

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- 119-hr-2709: Save Our Sequoias Act
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- 119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4288: To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in San Jose, California, as the "Corporal Patrick D. Tillman VA Clinic".
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## Sources
- [119-hr-3300 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3300)

## Related
- [119-hr-471: Fix Our Forests Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-471)
- [119-hr-2709: Save Our Sequoias Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2709)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1422)
- [119-hr-4288: To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4288)
- [119-hr-2175: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 130 So…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2175)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3300 (as of 2026-07-25).