# 119-hr-956: Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025

119-hr-956, Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4] (R-WA); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-09).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-956
- Congress: 119
- Title: Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-02-04
- Sponsor: Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4] (R-WA)
- Cosponsors: 17
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-09

## Summary

**Reauthorizes DoD sales of aircraft and parts for wildfire suppression and explicitly adds water as an approved deliverable.** It limits those sales to use in providing aerial firefighting services and fixes the authority window from October 1, 2025 through October 1, 2035. - Department of Defense: Would have a defined 10-year period to sell aircraft and parts for wildfire suppression instead of an open-ended authority. - Wildfire agencies and private contractors: Could obtain aircraft, parts, and either water or fire retardant to deliver aerial firefighting services. - Program rules: Sales under the authority must be used only to provide aircraft services for wildfire suppression and the statutory list of deliverables is expanded to include water.

## Cosponsors (17)

- Rep. Ellzey, Jake [R-TX-6] (R-TX), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vasquez, Gabe [D-NM-2] (D-NM), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Zinke, Ryan K. [R-MT-1] (R-MT), 2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fulcher, Russ [R-ID-1] (R-ID), 2025-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bentz, Cliff [R-OR-2] (R-OR), 2025-02-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51] (D-CA), 2025-03-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2] (R-ID), 2025-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9] (D-CA), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Downing, Troy [R-MT-2] (R-MT), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] (R-CA), 2025-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] (R-AZ), 2025-05-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] (R-CA), 2025-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2025-10-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Whitesides, George [D-CA-27] (D-CA), 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Rules for DoD wildfire aircraft sales: mixed, medium. This bill would let the Department of Defense sell aircraft, parts, fire retardant, and water for wildfire suppression. The sales would be allowed only from October 1, 2025 through October 1, 2035. Items sold under this authority could be used only to provide aircraft services for wildfire suppress…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-956 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/956)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-956 (as of 2026-07-09).