[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 19, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S3167]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1686. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to 
establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the 
National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub 
program, to require a strategy and report on economic security, 
science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to 
establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike section 4411 and insert the following:

     SEC. 4411. EXCEPTION FOR WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS.

       The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
     Agriculture, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security, are exempt from the procurement and operation 
     restrictions under sections 4403 and 4404 to the extent such 
     procurement or operation is necessary for the sole purpose of 
     supporting the full range of wildfire management operations.

     SEC. 4412. SUNSET.

       Sections 4403, 4404, and 4405 shall cease to have effect on 
     the date that is 8 years after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act.
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