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S. 160

U.S. Senate•Passed

Summary

S. 160, the Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025, was introduced in the Senate on Jan 21, 2025 by Sen. Tim Sheehy (R) with 8 co-sponsors. It last saw action on Jun 12, 2025: Became Public Law No: 119-18. It is now Public Law 119-18.

Record

Text

S. 160 has 8 co-sponsors and 1 amendment.

sb160/enrolled.txt
S160 ENR: Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025
 U.S. Senate
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
     One Hundred Nineteenth Congress of the United States of America
     1st Session
     Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty five
     S. 160
     IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
     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.
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
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

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-01-21
  2. Passed Senate2025-04-08
  3. Passed House2025-06-03
  4. Conference
  5. To President2025-06-10
  6. Became Law2025-06-12

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Public Law Jun 12, 2025

sb160/public-law.md

Shown Here:
Public Law (06/12/2025)

Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025

This act reauthorizes the Department of Defense to sell its excess aircraft and aircraft parts that are acceptable for commercial sale for wildfire suppression purposes. Such authority begins June 12, 2025, and ends October 1, 2035.

The act also provides that such aircraft may be used to deliver water by air in order to suppress wildfire (the previous authority only provided for the delivery of fire retardant).

The act removes the previous limitation on providing international wildfire suppression assistance with such purchased aircraft.

Introduced in Senate Jan 21, 2025

sb160/introduced-in-senate.md

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Introduced in Senate (01/21/2025)

Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025

This bill reauthorizes the Department of Defense to sell its excess aircraft and aircraft parts that are acceptable for commercial sale for wildfire suppression purposes. Such authority begins October 1, 2025, and ends October 1, 2035.

The bill also provides that such aircraft may be used to deliver water by air in order to suppress wildfire (the previous authority only provided for the delivery of fire retardant).

The bill removes the previous limitation on providing international wildfire suppression assistance with such purchased aircraft.

Sponsors

Sen. Tim Sheehy (R) sponsors S. 160, and 8 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

S. 160 went before 1 committee: Armed Services.

Armed Services
Armed Services
Discharged From · Apr 8, 2025

Actions

S. 160 has taken 20 actions since Jan 21, 2025, the latest on Jun 12, 2025.

ChamberAction
Jun 12, 2025
Senate
Signed by President.
Jun 12, 2025
Senate
Became Public Law No: 119-18.
Jun 10, 2025
Senate
Presented to President.
Jun 3, 202515:00
House
Mr. Comer moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Jun 3, 202515:00
House
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2390)

Votes

S. 160 has not gone to a roll call.

Amendments

1 amendment has been offered to S. 160, the latest acted on Apr 8, 2025.

1 bill is related to S. 160, as Public law contains the text.

Titles

S. 160 goes by 5 titles, 3 of them short titles.

  • Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025 — Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text
  • Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025 — Display Title
  • Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Passed Senate
  • Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • A bill 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. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

11 clients hired 6 firms and 17 registered lobbyists who named S. 160 in 38 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Aviation/Airlines/Airports, Budget/Appropriations, Medicare/Medicaid, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Chemicals/Chemical Industry, Natural Resources, Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Automotive Industry.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION—District of Columbia17—
PERIMETER SOLUTIONSManufacture and sale of fire-retardant products.Missouri26$500K
QUANTA SERVICES, INC.Largest labor force in N America building electric power, pipeline, industrial, communicatTexas16$180K
CAPITOL COUNSEL, LLC ON BEHALF OF PERIMETER SOLUTIONSManufacturer of fire retardant productsDistrict of Columbia13$270K
PRIME MINUTE, INC.Aerial wildfire suppression services.California13$180K
CAPITOL COUNSEL, LLC ON BEHALF OF PRIME MINUTE, INC.Aerial wildfire suppression servicesDistrict of Columbia13$150K
10 TANKER AIR CARRIER LLCAerial firefighting service providerNew Mexico12$40K
BILLINGS FLYING SERVICEVendor and operator of rotary wing aerial fire-fighting machines.Montana12$40K
FIREHAWK HELICOPTERSClient provides aerial firefighting services to the federal government.Florida12—
TREA SENIOR CITIZENS LEAGUE—Virginia12—
UNITED AERIAL FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATIONindustry association for aerial firefightingDistrict of Columbia12—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
COLLECTIVE STRATEGIES & COMMUNICATIONS615$730K
AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION FKA PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURERS ASSOC. OF AMERICA17—
BIGHORN PUBLIC AFFAIRS GROUP16$180K
CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC26$450K
TREA SENIOR CITIZENS LEAGUE12—
UNITED AERIAL FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION12—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
MATT GALL1615
PHIL HARDY1615
BRETT HEWITT117
DAVID PEARCE117
DONALD GRIFFIN117
MONA DOOLEY117
ROBERT GORDON117
STEF ZIELEZIENSKI117
THERESA PETTIGREW117
BRADLEY MOLLET126
JENNIFER JOHNSON JARRELL116
SAM WHITFIELD116
KATE CAREY113
SAMANTHA BARNETT123
CORY MAKS112
SHANNON BENTON112
TIFFANY TAYLOR112

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION FKA PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURERS ASSOC. OF AMERICA2026 second_quarter$2.1M2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION FKA PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURERS ASSOC. OF AMERICA2025 second_quarter$1.7M2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION FKA PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURERS ASSOC. OF AMERICA2026 first_quarter$1.4M1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION FKA PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURERS ASSOC. OF AMERICA2025 third_quarter$1.4M3rd Quarter - Amendme…
AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION FKA PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURERS ASSOC. OF AMERICA2025 third_quarter$1.4M3rd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION FKA PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURERS ASSOC. OF AMERICA2025 fourth_quarter$1.4M4th Quarter - Report
AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION FKA PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURERS ASSOC. OF AMERICA2025 first_quarter$1.3M1st Quarter - Report
CAPITOL COUNSEL, LLC ON BEHALF OF PERIMETER SOLUTIONSCOLLECTIVE STRATEGIES & COMMUNICATIONS2026 second_quarter$90K2nd Quarter - Report
PERIMETER SOLUTIONSCAPITOL COUNSEL LLC2026 second_quarter$90K2nd Quarter - Report
CAPITOL COUNSEL, LLC ON BEHALF OF PERIMETER SOLUTIONSCOLLECTIVE STRATEGIES & COMMUNICATIONS2026 first_quarter$90K1st Quarter - Report
PERIMETER SOLUTIONSCAPITOL COUNSEL LLC2026 first_quarter$90K1st Quarter - Report
CAPITOL COUNSEL, LLC ON BEHALF OF PERIMETER SOLUTIONSCOLLECTIVE STRATEGIES & COMMUNICATIONS2025 fourth_quarter$90K4th Quarter - Report
PERIMETER SOLUTIONSCAPITOL COUNSEL LLC2025 fourth_quarter$90K4th Quarter - Report
PERIMETER SOLUTIONSCOLLECTIVE STRATEGIES & COMMUNICATIONS2025 third_quarter$90K3rd Quarter - Termina…
PERIMETER SOLUTIONSCOLLECTIVE STRATEGIES & COMMUNICATIONS2025 second_quarter$90K2nd Quarter - Report
CAPITOL COUNSEL, LLC ON BEHALF OF PRIME MINUTE, INC.COLLECTIVE STRATEGIES & COMMUNICATIONS2026 second_quarter$60K2nd Quarter - Report
PRIME MINUTE, INC.CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC2026 second_quarter$60K2nd Quarter - Report
CAPITOL COUNSEL, LLC ON BEHALF OF PRIME MINUTE, INC.COLLECTIVE STRATEGIES & COMMUNICATIONS2026 first_quarter$60K1st Quarter - Report
PRIME MINUTE, INC.CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC2026 first_quarter$60K1st Quarter - Report
PRIME MINUTE, INC.CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC2025 fourth_quarter$60K4th Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 160 under Armed Forces and National Security, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 4 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 160’s is Armed Forces and National Security.

s160/policy-areas.txt
Armed Forces and National SecurityAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Legislative Subjects

S. 160 carries 4 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Aviation and airports to Military assistance, sales, and agreements.

s160/subjects.txt
Aviation and airportsFiresForests, forestry, treesMilitary assistance, sales, and agreements

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com