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Union Calendar No. 150 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3389 
[Report No. 118–187, Part I] 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 16, 2023 
Mr. VALADAO
(for himself, Mr. COSTA, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. ISSA, Mr. 
NEWHOUSE, Mr. CURTIS, and Mr. LAMBORN) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in 
addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023 
Additional sponsors: Mr. MIKE GARCIA of California, Mr. KILEY, and Mr. 
HARDER of California 
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023 
Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the Committee of the 
Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 16, 2023] 
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A BILL 
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. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Wildfire 
Fighting Technology Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 
2. 
CONTAINER 
AERIAL 
FIREFIGHTING 
SYSTEM 
(CAFFS). 
(a) EVALUATION.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agri-
culture and the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation 
with the National Interagency Aviation Committee and the 
Interagency Airtanker Board, shall jointly conduct an eval-
uation 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 Inter-
agency Airtanker Board, shall jointly submit to the appro-
priate 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 
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(2) the Committees on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
and Forestry and Energy and Natural Resources of 
the Senate. 
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Union Calendar No. 150 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3389 
[Report No. 118–187, Part I] 
A BILL 
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 pur-
poses. 
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with 
an amendment 
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023 
Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the 
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 
Union and ordered to be printed 
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