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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3389 
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 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Wildfire 
Fighting Technology Act of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 
2. 
CONTAINER 
AERIAL 
FIREFIGHTING 
SYSTEM 
(CAFFS). 
(a) EVALUATION.—Not later than 60 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 
evaluation of the container aerial firefighting system to as-
sess the use of such system to mitigate and suppress 
wildfires. 
(b) UPDATE
OF DEPLOYMENT PROTOCOLS.—Not 
later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the In-
terior, the National Interagency Aviation Committee, and 
the Interagency Airtanker Board shall, based on the re-
sults of the evaluation required under subsection (a), each 
update the respective deployment protocols for appropriate 
use of the container aerial fighting system. 
(c) REPORTS.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act— 
(1) the Secretary of Agriculture and the Sec-
retary of the Interior, in consultation with the Na-
tional Interagency Aviation Committee, and the 
Interagency Airtanker Board, shall jointly submit to 
the appropriate committees a report that includes 
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the results of the evaluation required under sub-
section (a); and 
(2) the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary 
of the Interior, the National Interagency Aviation 
Committee, and the Interagency Airtanker Board 
shall each submit to the appropriate committees a 
report that includes a summary of any updates 
made to deployment protocols pursuant to sub-
section (b). 
(d) 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 
(2) the Committees on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
and Forestry and Energy and Natural Resources of 
the Senate. 
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