S.Amdt. 4643

SA 4643. Mrs. LINCOLN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 3454, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2011 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:

On page 460, between lines 15 and 16, insert the following:

SEC. 1082. REPORT ON THE EFFECT OF DEPLOYMENT ON FIRST RESPONDER AGENCIES.

(a) Definition.--In this section--

(1) the term “active duty” has the meaning given that term in section 101 of title 10, United States Code;

(2) the term “first responder agency” means--

(A) a law enforcement agency or fire service (as defined in section 4 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2203)) of a State or local government; and

(B) a publicly or privately operated ambulance service; and

(3) the term “reservist” means a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces.

(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and appropriate officials having responsibility for the administration of the reserve components of the Armed Forces, including the Chief of the National Guard Bureau with respect to the National Guard, shall submit to Congress a report that evaluates--

(1) the financial and other effects of the employees of first responder agencies being placed on active duty on the first responder agencies, including the ability of the first responder agencies to provide services to the community; and

(2) the effect of reservists being placed on active duty on--

(A) the hiring and retention of reservists by first responder agencies; and

(B) the ability of the reserve components of the Armed Forces to retain reservists who are employed by a first responder agency.