[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 198 (Monday, November 15, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8095]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 4566. Mr. BENNET (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mr. Crapo)
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 appropriate place in title V, insert the following:
SEC. __. CONTINUED NATIONAL GUARD SUPPORT FOR FIREGUARD
PROGRAM.
The Secretary of Defense shall continue to support the
FireGuard program with National Guard personnel to aggregate,
analyze, and assess multi-source remote sensing information
for interagency partnerships in the initial detection and
monitoring of wildfires until September 30, 2026. After such
date, the Secretary may not reduce such support, or transfer
responsibility for such support to an interagency partner,
until 30 days after the date on which the Secretary submits
to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House
of Representatives written notice of such proposed change,
and reasons for such change.
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