[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 192 (Tuesday, November 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7660]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4200. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Mr. Padilla, and Ms. Rosen) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 
submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 
4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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 G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1064. UPDATED REVIEW AND ENHANCEMENT OF EXISTING 
                   AUTHORITIES FOR USING AIR FORCE AND AIR 
                   NATIONAL GUARD MODULAR AIRBORNE FIRE-FIGHTING 
                   SYSTEMS AND OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ASSETS 
                   TO FIGHT WILDFIRES.

       Section 1058 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108-136; 31 U.S.C. 1535 note) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(g) Updated Review and Enhancement.--(1) Not later than 
     120 days after the date of the enactment of the National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, the Director 
     shall submit to Congress a report--
       ``(A) containing the results of a second review conducted 
     under subsection (a) and a second determination made under 
     subsection (b); and
       ``(B) based on such second determination, describing the 
     new modifications proposed to be made to existing authorities 
     under subsection (c) or (d), including whether there is a 
     need for legislative changes to further improve the 
     procedures for using Department of Defense assets to fight 
     wildfires.
       ``(2) The new modifications described in paragraph (1)(B) 
     shall not take effect until the end of the 30-day period 
     beginning on the date on which the report is submitted to 
     Congress under this subsection.''.
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