[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3261]
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  SA 6053. Mr. PADILLA submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2027 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 II, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM ON IMPACT OF DIFFERING 
                   WILDFIRE CONDITIONS, RESILIENCE MEASURES, AND 
                   TECHNOLOGIES ON WILDFIRE SPREAD AND RESPONSE IN 
                   BUILT ENVIRONMENT.

       (a) Demonstration Authorized.--The Secretary of Defense 
     shall, in coordination with the Director of the National 
     Science Foundation, conduct a program on demonstrating the 
     impact of differing wildfire conditions, resilience measures, 
     and technologies on wildfire spread and response in the built 
     environment.
       (b) Mock Town.--In carrying out the program under 
     subsection (a), the Secretary may construct a mock town on a 
     test range and ignite fires on the test range to carry out 
     demonstrations described in subsection (a).
       (c) Coordination and Experimentation.--In coordinating with 
     the Director under subsection (a) and carrying out subsection 
     (b), the Secretary shall work with the Director to design, 
     construct, equip, and operate a full-scale, representative 
     built-environment test range and conduct controlled wildfire 
     exposure and propagation experiments on that range.
       (d) Sharing of Data and Findings.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided by paragraph (2), under 
     the program authorized by subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
     make available to the public all data produced by the program 
     and findings of the Secretary with respect to the program.
       (2) Exceptions.--The Secretary may make exceptions under 
     paragraph (1) as the Secretary considers appropriate for 
     national security.
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