[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 192 (Tuesday, November 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7661]
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  SA 4207. Mr. PADILLA 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. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 
                   TO TRANSFER EXCESS AIRCRAFT TO OTHER 
                   DEPARTMENTS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

       Section 1091 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112-239; 10 U.S.C. 2576 note) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking subsection (c);
       (2) in subsection (d)--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``up to seven''; and
       (B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
       ``(2) Expiration of right of refusal.--A right of refusal 
     afforded the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security under paragraph (1) with regards to an 
     aircraft shall expire upon official notice of such Secretary 
     to the Secretary of Defense that such Secretary declines such 
     aircraft.'';
       (3) in subsection (e)--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``wildfire suppression 
     purposes'' and inserting ``purposes of wildfire suppression, 
     search and rescue, or emergency operations pertaining to 
     wildfires''; and
       (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, search and rescue, 
     emergency operations pertaining to wildfires,'' after 
     ``efforts'';
       (4) by striking subsection (f);
       (5) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(h) Reporting.--Not later than November 1, 2022, and 
     annually thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
     the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House 
     of Representatives a report on aircraft transferred, during 
     the fiscal year preceding the date of such report, to--
       ``(1) the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security under this section;
       ``(2) the chief executive officer of a State under section 
     112 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     2012 (Public Law 112-81; 125 Stat. 1318); or
       ``(3) the Secretary of the Air Force or the Secretary of 
     Agriculture under section 1098 of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113-66; 
     127 Stat. 881).''; and
       (6) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), (g), and (h) as 
     subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f), respectively.
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