S.Amdt. 5911

SA 5911. Mr. SHEEHY (for himself and Mr. Padilla) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 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 A of title XV, add the following:

SEC. 1510A. PROCUREMENT OF COMMERCIAL SPACE-BASED DATA TO
SUPPORT WILDFIRE RESILIENCE.

(a) Procurement.--Subject to the availability of
appropriations for such purpose, the Secretary of the Air
Force, acting through the Commercial Space Office and in
coordination with the FireGuard program of the National Guard
and the Commander of the United States Northern Command,
shall procure space-based commercial data and end products to
support the efforts of the Department of Defense and the
wildfire mission of the United States Northern Command by
delivering timely, effective military support to the Federal
Government and State, local, and Tribal governments to
protect military readiness and installations, provide
emergency military support to civil authorities, and conduct
proactive wildland fire management.
(b) Authorized Sharing.--The Secretary may share space-
based commercial data and end products procured under
subsection (a) with State, local, and Tribal governments to
assist with firefighting efforts.
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