S.Amdt. 3211

SA 3211. Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr. Schatz, and Mr. Cornyn)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S.
4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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, insert the following:

SEC. 1067. REPORT ON WILDFIRE FIGHTING CAPABILITIES OF
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN HAWAII.

Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a
report that includes--
(1) an assessment of the wildfire fighting and mitigation
capabilities of the Department of Defense necessary to
protect military installations in Hawaii, including any
shortfalls in firefighting equipment, facilities, training,
plans, personnel, fuel breaks, water storage, or suppression
access;
(2) an identification of any additional authorities or
resources required to integrate the capabilities of Federal,
State, and local emergency responders with the capabilities
of the Department for the protection of military
installations from wildfires; and
(3) an identification of any memoranda or other agreements
between the Department and Federal, State, and local or other
disaster response organizations regarding wildland fire
mitigation, prevention, response, and recovery.
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