,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cchi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #af1 #bjbc,mr4  
,valadao 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,costa1 ,mr4
 ,amodei1 ,mr4 ,issa1 ,mr4 ,newhouse1   
,mr4 ,curtis1 and ,mr4 ,lamborn7        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,natural 
,resources1 and in addition to the      
,committee on ,agriculture1 for a period
 to be subsequently determined by the   
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of
 ,agriculture1 acting through the ,chief
 of the ,forest ,service1 and the       
,secretary of the ,interior to conduct  
an evaluation with respect to the use of
 the container aerial firefighting      
system 7,,caffs71 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,emergency ,wildfire
 ,fighting ,technology ,act of #bjbc4   
#b4 ,container aerial firefighting      

system 7,,caffs7  7a7 ,evaluation ,not  
later than #fj days after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary of ,agriculture and the      
,secretary of the ,interior1 in         
consultation with the ,national         
,interagency ,aviation ,committee1 and  
the ,interagency ,airtanker ,board1     
shall jointly conduct an evaluation of  
the container aerial firefighting system
 to assess the use of such system to    
mitigate and suppress wildfires4  7b7   
,update of deployment protocols ,not    
later than #ij days after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary of ,agriculture1 the         
,secretary of the ,interior1 the        
,national ,interagency ,aviation        
,committee1 and the ,interagency        
,airtanker ,board shall1 based on the   
results of the evaluation required under
 subsection 7a71 each update the        
respective deployment protocols for     
appropriate use of the container aerial 
fighting system4  7c7 ,reports ,not     

later than #ij days after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act-- 7#a7 the   
,secretary of ,agriculture and the      
,secretary of the ,interior1 in         
consultation with the ,national         
,interagency ,aviation ,committee1 and  
the ,interagency ,airtanker ,board1     
shall jointly submit to the appropriate 
committees a report that includes the   
results of the evaluation required under
 subsection 7a72 and  7#b7 the          
,secretary of ,agriculture1 the         
,secretary of the ,interior1 the        
,national ,interagency ,aviation        
,committee1 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     
subsection 7b74  7d7 ,appropriate       
committees defined ,in this section1 the
 term appropriate committees means--    
7#a7 the ,committees on ,agriculture and
 ,natural ,resources of the ,house of   
,representatives2 and  7#b7 the         

,committees on ,agriculture1 ,nutrition1
 and ,forestry and ,energy and ,natural 
,resources of the ,senate4