S.Amdt. 6050

SA 6050. 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 appropriate place in title III, insert the
following:

SEC. 3__. IMPROVEMENT OF FIREFIGHTER STAFFING SHORTAGES AT
MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense may offer
compensation for firefighters of the Department of Defense at
military installations that is competitive with surrounding
local jurisdictions in order to improve recruitment and
retention of such firefighters.
(b) Removal of Limitation on Contracting for
Firefighters.--Section 2465 of title 10, United States Code,
is amended--
(1) in the section heading, by striking ``firefighting
or''; and
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ``firefighting or''.
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