S.Amdt. 5912

SA 5912. Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Merkley) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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. 322. TRAINING FOR NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL ON WILDFIRE RESPONSE AND PROVISION OF NECESSARY EQUIPMENT.

(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 support for training of appropriate personnel of the National Guard on wildfire response and prevention and necessary equipment for such response and prevention, with preference given to military installations with the highest wildfire suppression need.

(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Defense for each year $20,000,000 to carry out subsection (a).