PILT Money/ Wildfires/ Military Sexual Assault

Missoulian: Feds give local governments in Montana $26.5 million in PILT money 

 Payments in Lieu of Taxes Website
“‘Payments in Lieu of Taxes’ (or PILT) are Federal payments to local governments that help offset losses in property taxes due to non-taxable Federal lands within their boundaries.”

Missoulian:
Agency mobilizes more aerial assets to help suppress fires in Colorado, elsewhere
“The U.S. Forest Service is mobilizing two Department of Defense C-130s equipped with Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems, known as MAFFS, to assist with wildfire suppression efforts in Colorado and elsewhere in the West as needed.   ”

Reported fires

InciWeb Colorado
InciWeb Idaho
InciWeb New Mexico 

 

Missoulian: House considers jail term for military sex assault  

H.AMDT.147 (A007)
Amends: H.R.1960: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014
Sponsor: Rep Turner, Michael R. [OH-10] (offered 6/13/2013)

AMENDMENT PURPOSE:
An amendment numbered 6 printed in Part B of House Report 113-108 to establish mandatory minimum sentences of discharge or dismissal, and confinement required for certain sex related offenses committed by members of the Armed Forces.

SCHEDULE FOR ARMED SERVICES FULL COMMITTEE MARKUP OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR

“ We begin today in open session to address the issue of sexual assault in the military. There is strong public interest in the sexual assault provisions. They are easily segregable from the other provisions and issues in the mark, and there is no likelihood of any classified aspect of this issue. We have had an open markup in the past on similarly segregable issues, including the Wounded Warriors Act, the Weapons Systems Acquisition Reform Act, and the first Military Commissions Act.”