[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2618]
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  SA 457. Mr. PADILLA (for himself, Mr. Boozman, and Mrs. Feinstein) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 
2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 X, insert the following:

     SEC. 10__. REVISION OF REQUIREMENT FOR TRANSFER OF CERTAIN 
                   AIRCRAFT TO STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR WILDFIRE 
                   SUPPRESSION PURPOSES.

       (a) Transfer of Excess Coast Guard Hc-130h Aircraft.--
       (1) Transfer to state of california.--The Secretary of 
     Homeland Security shall transfer to the State of California 
     without reimbursement--
       (A) all right, title, and interest of the United States in 
     and to the seven HC-130H aircraft specified in paragraph (2); 
     and
       (B) initial spares (calculated based on shelf stock support 
     for seven HC-130H aircraft each flying 400 hours each year) 
     and necessary ground support equipment for such aircraft.
       (2) Aircraft specified.--The aircraft specified in this 
     paragraph are the HC-130H Coast Guard aircraft with serial 
     numbers 1706, 1708, 1709, 1713, 1714, 1719, and 1721.
       (3) Timing; aircraft modifications.--The transfers under 
     paragraph (1)--
       (A) shall be made as soon as practicable after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act; and
       (B) may be carried out without further modifications to the 
     aircraft by the United States.
       (b) Conditions of Transfer.--Aircraft transferred to the 
     State of California under subsection (a)(1)--
       (1) may be used only for wildfire suppression purposes;
       (2) may not be flown outside of, or otherwise removed from, 
     the United States unless dispatched by the National 
     Interagency Fire Center in support of an international 
     agreement to assist in wildfire suppression efforts or for 
     other disaster-related response purposes approved by the 
     Governor of California in writing in advance; and
       (3) may only be disposed of by the State of California 
     pursuant to the statutes and regulations governing disposal 
     of aircraft provided to the State of California through the 
     Federal Excess Personal Property Program.
       (c) Transfer of Residual Kits and Parts Held by Air 
     Force.--The Secretary of the Air Force may transfer to the 
     State of California, without reimbursement, any residual kits 
     and parts held by the Secretary of the Air Force that were 
     procured in anticipation of the transfer to the Secretary of 
     the Air Force of the aircraft specified in subsection (a)(2).
       (d) Repeal of Prior Provisions of Law Relating to 
     Transfer.--The following provisions of law are repealed:
       (1) Subsections (a), (c), (d), and (f) of section 1098 of 
     the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 
     (Public Law 113-66; 127 Stat. 881), as amended by section 
     1083 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232; 132 Stat. 1989).
       (2) Section 1083 of the John S. McCain National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232; 
     132 Stat. 1989).
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