Wildfire Disaster Funding Act
This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to require specified adjustments to discretionary spending limits in FY2017-FY2026 to accommodate appropriations for wildfire suppression operations in the Wildland Fire Management accounts at the Department of Agriculture (USDA) or the Department of the Interior.
If USDA or Interior determines that supplemental appropriations are necessary for wildfire suppression operations, the bill requires the relevant department to submit to Congress a request for the funding and a plan for obligating the funds.
The bill also requires the President's budget to include the average costs for wildfire suppression over the previous 10 years.
[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2862 Introduced in House (IH)]
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115th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2862
To provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 8, 2017
Mr. Simpson (for himself, Mr. Schrader, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mr.
DeFazio, Mr. Calvert, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Walden, Ms. Bonamici, Mr.
Amodei, Mr. Costa, Mr. Labrador, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Kilmer,
Mr. Tipton, Mr. Polis, Ms. Sinema, and Mr. Stivers) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget, and
in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Natural Resources,
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of
the committee concerned
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A BILL
To provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Wildfire Disaster Funding Act''.
SEC. 2. WILDFIRE DISASTER FUNDING AUTHORITY.
(a) Disaster Funding.--Section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(D)) is
amended--
(1) in clause (i)--
(A) in the matter preceding subclause (I), by
striking ``the total of--'' and inserting ``an amount
equal to the difference between--'';
(B) by redesignating subclauses (I) and (II) as
items (aa) and (bb), respectively, and indenting the
items appropriately;
(C) by inserting before item (aa) (as so
redesignated) the following:
``(I) the sum obtained by adding--
'';
(D) in item (bb) of subclause (I) (as so
redesignated)--
(i) by striking ``subclause (I)'' and
inserting ``item (aa)''; and
(ii) by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; and''; and
(E) by adding at the end the following:
``(II) the additional new budget
authority provided in an appropriations
Act for wildfire suppression operations
pursuant to subparagraph (E) for the
preceding fiscal year.''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(v) Beginning in fiscal year 2018 and for
each fiscal year thereafter, the calculation of
the `average funding provided for disaster
relief over the previous 10 years' shall
include, for each fiscal year during that
period, the additional new budget authority
provided in an appropriations Act for wildfire
suppression operations pursuant to subparagraph
(E) for the preceding fiscal year.''.
(b) Wildfire Suppression.--Section 251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(E) Wildfire suppression.--
``(i) Definitions.--In this subparagraph:
``(I) Additional new budget
authority.--The term `additional new
budget authority' means the amount
provided for a fiscal year in an
appropriations Act that is--
``(aa) in excess of the 10-
year average of the costs for
wildfire suppression
operations, as calculated for
fiscal year 2015; and
``(bb) specified to pay for
the costs of wildfire
suppression operations.
``(II) Wildfire suppression
operations.--The term `wildfire
suppression operations' means the
emergency and unpredictable aspects of
wildland firefighting including--
``(aa) support, response,
and emergency stabilization
activities;
``(bb) other emergency
management activities; and
``(cc) the funds necessary
to repay any transfers needed
for the costs of wildfire
suppression operations.
``(ii) Additional new budget authority.--If
a bill or joint resolution making
appropriations for a fiscal year is enacted
that specifies an amount for wildfire
suppression operations in the Wildland Fire
Management accounts at the Department of
Agriculture or the Department of the Interior,
the adjustments for that fiscal year shall be
the amount of additional new budget authority
provided in that Act for wildfire suppression
operations for that fiscal year, but shall not
exceed--
``(I) for fiscal year 2017,
$1,410,000,000 in additional new budget
authority;
``(II) for fiscal year 2018,
$1,460,000,000 in additional new budget
authority;
``(III) for fiscal year 2019,
$1,560,000,000 in additional new budget
authority;
``(IV) for fiscal year 2020,
$1,780,000,000 in additional new budget
authority;
``(V) for fiscal year 2021,
$2,030,000,000 in additional new budget
authority;
``(VI) for fiscal year 2022,
$2,320,000,000 in additional new budget
authority;
``(VII) for fiscal year 2023,
$2,650,000,000 in additional new budget
authority;
``(VIII) for fiscal year 2024,
$2,690,000,000 in additional new budget
authority;
``(IX) for fiscal year 2025,
$2,690,000,000 in additional new budget
authority; and
``(X) for fiscal year 2026,
$2,690,000,000 in additional new budget
authority.
``(iii) Average cost and outyear
calculations.--The 10-year average of the costs
for wildfire suppression operations and the
outyear forecasts of the costs for wildfire
suppression operations shall be--
``(I) calculated annually; and
``(II) reported in the budget of
the President submitted under section
1105(a) of title 31, United States
Code, for each fiscal year.''.
(c) Reporting Requirements.--If the Secretary of the Interior or
the Secretary of Agriculture determines that supplemental
appropriations are necessary for a fiscal year for wildfire suppression
operations (as defined in subparagraph (E)(i) of section 251(b)(2) of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C.
901(b)(2))), the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of
Agriculture, as applicable, shall--
(1) promptly submit to Congress a request for the
supplemental appropriations; and
(2) not later than 30 days after the date on which the
supplemental appropriations are made available, submit to
Congress a plan describing the manner in which the Secretary of
the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, as applicable,
intends to obligate the supplemental appropriations.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
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