S.Amdt. 2044

SA 2044. Mr. BARRASSO (for himself and Mr. Enzi) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr.
McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2016 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 E of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1049. USE OF THE NATIONAL GUARD FOR SUPPORT OF CIVILIAN
FIREFIGHTING ACTIVITIES.

(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the
``Modular Airborne Firefighting System Flexibility Act''.
(b) Operational Use Authorized.--
(1) In general.--Chapter 1 of title 32, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``Sec. 116. Operational use: support for civilian
firefighting activities

``The Secretary of Defense may authorize members and units
of the National Guard performing duty under section 328(b),
502(f), or 709(a) of this title, or on active duty under
title 10, to support firefighting operations, missions, and
activities, including aerial firefighting employment of the
Mobile Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS), undertaken in
support of a request from the National Interagency Fire
Center or another Federal agency.''.
(2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of chapter 1 of such title is amended by adding at
the end the following new item:

``116. Operational use: support for civilian firefighting
activities.''.
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