S.Amdt. 2053

SA 2053. Mr. BARRASSO (for himself and Mr. Enzi) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2044 submitted by Mr.
Barrasso (for himself and Mr. Enzi) and intended to be proposed to the
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.

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 title 32, United States Code, or on
active duty under title 10, United States Code, 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.
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