S.Amdt. 2310

SA 2310. Mrs. FEINSTEIN submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by her to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for
fiscal year 2019 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. 1066. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER AIRCRAFT TO
OTHER DEPARTMENTS FOR WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION
PURPOSES.

(a) Transfer by Department of Homeland Security.--Paragraph
(1) of section 1098(a) of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113-66; 127 Stat. 881)
is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``of--'' and all that
follows and inserting ``of the seven demilitarized HC-130H
aircraft specified in subparagraph (B) to the Secretary of
the Air Force.'';
(2) by striking subparagraph (B); and
(3) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B).
(b) Air Force Actions.--Paragraph (2) of such section is
amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A)(iii), by striking ``to the
Secretary of Agriculture'' and all that follows and inserting
``to the Commandant of the Coast Guard who may, without
regard to any other provision of law, transfer any such
aircraft to a State for firefighting purposes.''; and
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``unless, by
reimbursement order'' and all that follows through ``such
modifications'' in each of clauses (i) and (ii).
(c) Coast Guard Actions.--The second sentence of paragraph
(3) of such section is amended by striking ``under paragraph
(2)(A)(ii)'' and inserting ``pursuant to this subsection
before the date of the enactment of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019''.
(d) Secretary of Agriculture Retransfer of Transferred
Initial Spares and Related Equipment.--The Secretary of
Agriculture shall, acting for the Forest Service, transfer to
the Commandant of the Coast Guard any initial spares and
necessary ground support equipment for HC-130H aircraft that
were transferred to the Secretary pursuant to section
1098(a)(1)(A)(ii) of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2014 before the date of the enactment of this
Act.
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