To require the Chief of the Forest Service to make the Forest Service First and Second Generation Modular Airborne FireFighting System (MAFFS) units available to units of the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve that have the aircraft capability and pilot and crew member training adequate for utilizing such firefighting systems to help alleviate the shortage of air tankers to fight wildfires.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5965.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GALLEGLY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3807):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution, it is the power of Congress to ``make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States,''.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 24, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  249 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5965, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5965

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 24, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0cf0c7615887a1c2c6f0a646d4766f6ac4f9c82bb8309b3d94130cd27480880b

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 24, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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