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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 3389
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,
and Forestry
AN ACT
To require the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the
Chief of the Forest Service, and the Secretary of the
Interior to conduct an evaluation with respect to the
use of the container aerial firefighting system (CAFFS),
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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HR 3389 RFS
SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Wildfire
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Fighting Technology Act of 2023’’.
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SEC.
2.
CONTAINER
AERIAL
FIREFIGHTING
SYSTEM
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(CAFFS).
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(a) EVALUATION.—Not later than 90 days after the
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date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agri-
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culture and the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation
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with the National Interagency Aviation Committee and the
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Interagency Airtanker Board, shall jointly conduct an
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evaluation of the container aerial firefighting system to as-
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sess the use of such system to mitigate and suppress
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wildfires.
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(b) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date
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of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture
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and the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the
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National Interagency Aviation Committee and the Inter-
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agency Airtanker Board, shall jointly submit to the appro-
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priate committees a report that includes the results of the
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evaluation required under subsection (a).
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(c) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In this
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section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees’’ means—
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(1) the Committees on Agriculture and Natural
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Resources of the House of Representatives; and
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(2) the Committees on Agriculture, Nutrition,
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and Forestry and Energy and Natural Resources of
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the Senate.
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Passed the House of Representatives September 12,
2023.
Attest:
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,
Clerk.
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