[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 83 (Wednesday, May 25, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3220]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4223. Mr. BARRASSO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1059. USE OF THE NATIONAL GUARD FOR SUPPORT OF CIVILIAN 
                   FIREFIGHTING ACTIVITIES.

       The Secretary of Defense may authorize members and units of 
     the National Guard performing duty under section 328(b), 
     502(f), or 709(a) of title 32, United States Code, or on 
     active duty under title 10, United States Code, to support 
     firefighting operations, missions, and activities, including 
     aerial firefighting employment of the Mobile Airborne 
     Firefighting System (MAFFS), undertaken in support of a 
     request from the National Interagency Fire Center or another 
     Federal agency.
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