S.Amdt. 4206

SA 4206. Mr. PADILLA submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed
to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022
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 III, add the following:

SEC. 318. STUDY ON FEASIBILITY AND ADVISABILITY OF DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE ENTERING INTO COOPERATIVE FIRE
PROTECTION AGREEMENTS WITH STATE OR LOCAL
AGENCIES FOR SHARING RESOURCES IN CONDUCTING
WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION ACTIVITIES.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a
study on the feasibility and advisability of the Secretary
entering into cooperative fire protection agreements with
State or local agencies for sharing resources in conducting
wildfire suppression activities.
(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives a report on the study conducted under
subsection (a).
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