S.Amdt. 6053

SA 6053. 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 II, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM ON IMPACT OF DIFFERING
WILDFIRE CONDITIONS, RESILIENCE MEASURES, AND
TECHNOLOGIES ON WILDFIRE SPREAD AND RESPONSE IN
BUILT ENVIRONMENT.

(a) Demonstration Authorized.--The Secretary of Defense
shall, in coordination with the Director of the National
Science Foundation, conduct a program on demonstrating the
impact of differing wildfire conditions, resilience measures,
and technologies on wildfire spread and response in the built
environment.
(b) Mock Town.--In carrying out the program under
subsection (a), the Secretary may construct a mock town on a
test range and ignite fires on the test range to carry out
demonstrations described in subsection (a).
(c) Coordination and Experimentation.--In coordinating with
the Director under subsection (a) and carrying out subsection
(b), the Secretary shall work with the Director to design,
construct, equip, and operate a full-scale, representative
built-environment test range and conduct controlled wildfire
exposure and propagation experiments on that range.
(d) Sharing of Data and Findings.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided by paragraph (2), under
the program authorized by subsection (a), the Secretary shall
make available to the public all data produced by the program
and findings of the Secretary with respect to the program.
(2) Exceptions.--The Secretary may make exceptions under
paragraph (1) as the Secretary considers appropriate for
national security.
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