[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4562]
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SA 602. Mr. McCAIN (for himself, Mr. Flake, Ms. Murkowski, and Mr.
Daines) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the
bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 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 appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. TRANSFER OF NON-COMBAT MILITARY VEHICLES AND
EQUIPMENT TO STATE AND LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS
UNDER FIREFIGHTER PROPERTY (FFP) PROGRAM.
The Secretary of Defense shall take steps to facilitate the
transfer of non-combat military vehicles and equipment to
State and local fire departments under the Firefighter
Property (FFP) program carried out pursuant to section 2576b
of title 10, United States Code, including by preventing the
Defense Logistics Agency from implementing guidance
categorizing such equipment as high security items subject to
Trade Security Controls and other enhanced security
requirements.
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