S.Amdt. 4223

SA 4223. Mr. BARRASSO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2017 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, add the following:

SEC. 1059. 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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