S.Amdt. 2858

SA 2858. Ms. CANTWELL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr.
McCain) 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:
appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. 1066. ESTABLISHMENT OF WILDFIRE AVIATION BUDGET LINE
ITEM.

(a) In General.--There is established in the Treasury of
the United States a separate account to fund all costs
associated with the maintenance, operation, contracting,
purchase, and ownership of Federal wildland fire aviation
assets, including the 7 demilitarized HC-130H aircraft with
serial numbers 1706, 1708, 1709, 1713, 1714, 1719, and 1721
that were transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture by the
Secretary of the Air Force under section 1098(a)(2)(A)(iii)
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2014 (Public Law 113-66; 127 Stat. 882).
(b) Presidential Budget Requests.--Beginning in fiscal year
2020 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget shall include as part of the
annual budget of the Federal Government a unified request by
the Department of Agriculture, the Department of the
Interior, and the Department of Defense showing the total
amount requested for the wildland fire aviation costs
described in subsection (a).
(c) Limitation.--The Secretary of Agriculture, the
Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Defense shall
not use amounts appropriated to accounts of the Secretary of
Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary
of Defense, respectively, other than the account established
by subsection (a), to carry out any activity described in
that subsection.
(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized
to be appropriated to the account established by subsection
(a) for fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year thereafter a
total amount of not more than $500,000,000 for the Department
of Agriculture, the Department of the Interior, or the
Department of Defense to be used for any costs described in
subsection (a).
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