[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 125 (Wednesday, July 31, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5711]
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  SA 3211. Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr. Schatz, and Mr. Cornyn) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 
4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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 F of title X, insert the following:

     SEC. 1067. REPORT ON WILDFIRE FIGHTING CAPABILITIES OF 
                   DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN HAWAII.

       Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a 
     report that includes--
       (1) an assessment of the wildfire fighting and mitigation 
     capabilities of the Department of Defense necessary to 
     protect military installations in Hawaii, including any 
     shortfalls in firefighting equipment, facilities, training, 
     plans, personnel, fuel breaks, water storage, or suppression 
     access;
       (2) an identification of any additional authorities or 
     resources required to integrate the capabilities of Federal, 
     State, and local emergency responders with the capabilities 
     of the Department for the protection of military 
     installations from wildfires; and
       (3) an identification of any memoranda or other agreements 
     between the Department and Federal, State, and local or other 
     disaster response organizations regarding wildland fire 
     mitigation, prevention, response, and recovery.
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