S.Amdt. 4207

SA 4207. 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 G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1064. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
TO TRANSFER EXCESS AIRCRAFT TO OTHER
DEPARTMENTS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

Section 1091 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112-239; 10 U.S.C. 2576 note) is
amended--
(1) by striking subsection (c);
(2) in subsection (d)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``up to seven''; and
(B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
``(2) Expiration of right of refusal.--A right of refusal
afforded the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of
Homeland Security under paragraph (1) with regards to an
aircraft shall expire upon official notice of such Secretary
to the Secretary of Defense that such Secretary declines such
aircraft.'';
(3) in subsection (e)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``wildfire suppression
purposes'' and inserting ``purposes of wildfire suppression,
search and rescue, or emergency operations pertaining to
wildfires''; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, search and rescue,
emergency operations pertaining to wildfires,'' after
``efforts'';
(4) by striking subsection (f);
(5) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(h) Reporting.--Not later than November 1, 2022, and
annually thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House
of Representatives a report on aircraft transferred, during
the fiscal year preceding the date of such report, to--
``(1) the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of
Homeland Security under this section;
``(2) the chief executive officer of a State under section
112 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2012 (Public Law 112-81; 125 Stat. 1318); or
``(3) the Secretary of the Air Force or the Secretary of
Agriculture under section 1098 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113-66;
127 Stat. 881).''; and
(6) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), (g), and (h) as
subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f), respectively.
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