S.Amdt. 1064

SA 1064. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2018 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 B of title V, add the following:

SEC. ___. TRAINING FOR NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL ON WILDFIRE
RESPONSE.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Army and the
Secretary of the Air Force shall, in consultation with the
Chief of the National Guard Bureau, provide for training of
appropriate personnel of the National Guard on wildfire
response, with preference given to States with the most acres
of Federal forestlands administered by the U.S. Forest
Service or the Department of the Interior.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized
to be appropriated for the Department of Defense a total of
$10,000,000, in addition to amounts authorized to be
appropriated by sections 421 and 301, in order to carry out
the training required by subsection (a) and provide related
equipment.
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