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DemocratAmendment · S.Amdt. 6053· Senate(119-SAMDT-6053)

S.Amdt. 6053

Rep. Padilla
Age: 53 years
California
Introduced
6/24/2026
Sponsored by
Alex Padilla
Cosponsors
None
Changes bill
119-S-4784 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
  1. Introduced
  2. Pending Consideration

What this amendment would do

SA 6053, submitted by Mr. Padilla, aims to add a section to title II of bill S. 4784. Its purpose is to authorize a demonstration program to show how different wildfire conditions, technologies, and resilience measures affect wildfire spread and response within the built environment.

To achieve this, the amendment proposes the following:

  • The Secretary of Defense, working with the Director of the National Science Foundation, will lead the program.
  • The Secretary may build a mock town on a test range and start fires to conduct demonstrations.
  • The Secretary and Director will collaborate to design, build, equip, and run a full-scale, representative built-environment test range for controlled wildfire experiments.
  • The Secretary must share all program data and findings with the public, unless the Secretary decides an exception is needed for national security.