S.Amdt. 457

SA 457. Mr. PADILLA (for himself, Mr. Boozman, and Mrs. Feinstein)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S.
2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. REVISION OF REQUIREMENT FOR TRANSFER OF CERTAIN
AIRCRAFT TO STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR WILDFIRE
SUPPRESSION PURPOSES.

(a) Transfer of Excess Coast Guard Hc-130h Aircraft.--
(1) Transfer to state of california.--The Secretary of
Homeland Security shall transfer to the State of California
without reimbursement--
(A) all right, title, and interest of the United States in
and to the seven HC-130H aircraft specified in paragraph (2);
and
(B) initial spares (calculated based on shelf stock support
for seven HC-130H aircraft each flying 400 hours each year)
and necessary ground support equipment for such aircraft.
(2) Aircraft specified.--The aircraft specified in this
paragraph are the HC-130H Coast Guard aircraft with serial
numbers 1706, 1708, 1709, 1713, 1714, 1719, and 1721.
(3) Timing; aircraft modifications.--The transfers under
paragraph (1)--
(A) shall be made as soon as practicable after the date of
the enactment of this Act; and
(B) may be carried out without further modifications to the
aircraft by the United States.
(b) Conditions of Transfer.--Aircraft transferred to the
State of California under subsection (a)(1)--
(1) may be used only for wildfire suppression purposes;
(2) may not be flown outside of, or otherwise removed from,
the United States unless dispatched by the National
Interagency Fire Center in support of an international
agreement to assist in wildfire suppression efforts or for
other disaster-related response purposes approved by the
Governor of California in writing in advance; and
(3) may only be disposed of by the State of California
pursuant to the statutes and regulations governing disposal
of aircraft provided to the State of California through the
Federal Excess Personal Property Program.
(c) Transfer of Residual Kits and Parts Held by Air
Force.--The Secretary of the Air Force may transfer to the
State of California, without reimbursement, any residual kits
and parts held by the Secretary of the Air Force that were
procured in anticipation of the transfer to the Secretary of
the Air Force of the aircraft specified in subsection (a)(2).
(d) Repeal of Prior Provisions of Law Relating to
Transfer.--The following provisions of law are repealed:
(1) Subsections (a), (c), (d), and (f) of section 1098 of
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014
(Public Law 113-66; 127 Stat. 881), as amended by section
1083 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232; 132 Stat. 1989).
(2) Section 1083 of the John S. McCain National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232;
132 Stat. 1989).
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