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H.R. 836 · House bill · 119th Congress
This bill requires the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior to (1) jointly evaluate the container aerial firefighting system to assess its use to mitigate and suppress wildfires, and (2) report on the results of the evaluation to Congress.
The system allows for the use of airdrop-capable disposable containers of water or fire retardant in order to increase the number of airlift assets available for wildfire emergencies.
This Act may be cited as the “Emergency Wildfire Fighting Technology Act of 2025”.
(a) Evaluation.— Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the National Interagency Aviation Committee and the Interagency Airtanker Board, shall jointly conduct an evaluation of the container aerial firefighting system to assess the use of such system to mitigate and suppress wildfires.
(b) Report.— Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the National Interagency Aviation Committee and the Interagency Airtanker Board, shall jointly submit to the appropriate committees a report that includes the results of the evaluation required under subsection (a).
(c) Appropriate committees defined.— In this section, the term appropriate committees means—
(1) the Committees on Agriculture and Natural Resources of the House of Representatives; and
(2) the Committees on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.