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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1875 

To provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 19, 2013 

Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. CRAPO) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget 

A BILL 

To provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Wildfire Disaster 

5 Funding Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. WILDFIRE DISASTER FUNDING AUTHORITY. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 251(b)(2) of the Balanced 

8 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 

9 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the 

10 following: 

11 ‘‘(E) FLAME WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION.— 


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1 ‘‘(i) If a bill or joint resolution mak2 ing appropriations for a fiscal year is en3 acted that specifies an amount for wildfire 

4 suppression operations in the Wildland 

5 Fire Management accounts at the Depart6 ment of Agriculture or the Department of 

7 the Interior, then the adjustments for that 

8 fiscal year shall be the amount of addi9 tional new budget authority provided in 

10 that Act for wildfire suppression operations 

11 for that fiscal year, but shall not exceed 

12 $2,689,000,000 in additional new budget 

13 authority in each of fiscal years 2014 

14 through 2021. 

15 ‘‘(ii) As used in this subparagraph— 

16 ‘‘(I) the term ‘additional new 

17 budget authority’ means the amount 

18 provided for a fiscal year, in excess of 

19 70 percent of the average costs for 

20 wildfire suppression operations over 

21 the previous 10 years, in an appro22 priation Act and specified to pay for 

23 the costs of wildfire suppression oper24 ations; and 


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1 ‘‘(II) the term ‘wildfire suppres2 sion operations’ means the emergency 

3 and unpredictable aspects of wildland 

4 firefighting including support, re5 sponse, and emergency stabilization 

6 activities; other emergency manage7 ment activities; and funds necessary 

8 to repay any transfers needed for 

9 these costs. 

10 ‘‘(iii) The average costs for wildfire 

11 suppression operations over the previous 

12 10 years shall be calculated annually and 

13 reported in the President’s Budget submis14 sion under section 1105(a) of title 31, 

15 United States Code, for each fiscal year.’’. 

16 (b) DISASTER FUNDING.—Section 251(b)(2)(D) of 

17 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

18 of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(D)) is amended— 

19 (1) in clause (i)— 

20 (A) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘and’’ and 

21 inserting ‘‘plus’’; 

22 (B) in subclause (II), by striking the pe23 riod and inserting ‘‘; less’’; and 

24 (C) by adding the following: 


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1 ‘‘(III) the additional new budget 

2 authority provided in an appropriation 

3 Act for wildfire suppression operations 

4 pursuant to subparagraph (E) for the 

5 preceding fiscal year.’’; and 

6 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(v) Beginning in fiscal year 2016 

8 and in subsequent fiscal years, the calcula9 tion of the ‘average funding provided for 

10 disaster relief over the previous 10 years’ 

11 shall include the additional new budget au12 thority provided in an appropriation Act 

13 for wildfire suppression operations pursu14 ant to subparagraph (E).’’. 

15 SEC. 3. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

16 If the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of 

17 Agriculture determines that supplemental appropriations 

18 are necessary for a fiscal year for wildfire suppression op19 erations, such Secretary shall promptly submit to Con20 gress— 

21 (1) a request for such supplemental appropria22 tions; and 

23 (2) a plan detailing the manner in which such 

24 Secretary intends to obligate the supplemental apVerDate Mar 15 2010 22:54 Dec 26, 2013 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1875.IS S1875

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1 propriations by not later than 30 days after the date 

2 on which the amounts are made available. 

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