Text of Senate Amendment 6053

On 2026-06-24, Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 6053" in the Senate.

Text of Senate Amendment 6053

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S3261] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] 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. ______