[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 97 (Tuesday, June 12, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3860]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2858. Ms. CANTWELL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. 
McCain) to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2019 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: 
     appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. 1066. ESTABLISHMENT OF WILDFIRE AVIATION BUDGET LINE 
                   ITEM.

       (a) In General.--There is established in the Treasury of 
     the United States a separate account to fund all costs 
     associated with the maintenance, operation, contracting, 
     purchase, and ownership of Federal wildland fire aviation 
     assets, including the 7 demilitarized HC-130H aircraft with 
     serial numbers 1706, 1708, 1709, 1713, 1714, 1719, and 1721 
     that were transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture by the 
     Secretary of the Air Force under section 1098(a)(2)(A)(iii) 
     of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     2014 (Public Law 113-66; 127 Stat. 882).
       (b) Presidential Budget Requests.--Beginning in fiscal year 
     2020 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Director of the 
     Office of Management and Budget shall include as part of the 
     annual budget of the Federal Government a unified request by 
     the Department of Agriculture, the Department of the 
     Interior, and the Department of Defense showing the total 
     amount requested for the wildland fire aviation costs 
     described in subsection (a).
       (c) Limitation.--The Secretary of Agriculture, the 
     Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Defense shall 
     not use amounts appropriated to accounts of the Secretary of 
     Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary 
     of Defense, respectively, other than the account established 
     by subsection (a), to carry out any activity described in 
     that subsection.
       (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to the account established by subsection 
     (a) for fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year thereafter a 
     total amount of not more than $500,000,000 for the Department 
     of Agriculture, the Department of the Interior, or the 
     Department of Defense to be used for any costs described in 
     subsection (a).
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