House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025
Official title: 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.
Sponsor: Rep. Dan Newhouse R-WAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 4, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 7, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 956.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEWHOUSE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 23, February 4, 2025, Page H461):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 4, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 65 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 956, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/956
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 7, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b4f318b658613374d98ed01a2b91c76064fd563980ca041e6bc54cff69643147
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 noteThe text of H.R.956 is contained in the text of S.160, which became Public Law 119-18.Source: Congress.gov, record updated July 7, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 956, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/956
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 7, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b4f318b658613374d98ed01a2b91c76064fd563980ca041e6bc54cff69643147
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 7, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 956, last updated July 7, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
17 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 17 cosponsors (47%) are from the other party.
Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Troy Downing (R-MT), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Josh Harder (D-CA), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Michael Simpson (R-ID), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), David Valadao (R-CA), Gabe Vasquez (D-NM), Eugene Vindman (D-VA), George Whitesides (D-CA), Ryan Zinke (R-MT).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Dan Newhouse.
- H.Res. 189 (119th) Censuring Representative Al Green of Texas.
- H.R. 2072 (119th) To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend the time period during which licensees are required to commence construction…
- H.Res. 744 (119th) Supporting the designation of the week of September 21 through September 27, 2025, as "Gold Star Families Remembrance Week".
- H.R. 1575 (119th) No American Land for Communist China Act
- H.R. 1576 (119th) Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2025
- H.Res. 1552 (119th) Supporting the designation of the week of September 20 through September 26, 2026, as "Gold Star Families Remembrance Week".
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.