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after the issuance of such mission assignment or mission assign-
ment task order, the Administrator shall publish on the Agency’s 
website the following: the name of the impacted State, the disaster 
declaration for such State, the assigned agency, the assistance 
requested, a description of the disaster, the total cost estimate, 
and the amount obligated: Provided further, That not later than 
10 days after the last day of each month until a mission assignment 
or mission assignment task order described in the preceding proviso 
is completed and closed out, the Administrator shall update any 
changes to the total cost estimate and the amount obligated: Pro-
vided further, That for a disaster declaration related to Hurricane 
Harvey, Hurricane Irma, or Hurricane Maria, the Administrator 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate, not later than 5 days after 
the first day of each month beginning after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and shall publish on the Agency’s website, not later 
than 10 days after the first day of each such month, an estimate 
or actual amount, if available, for the current fiscal year of the 
cost of the following categories of spending: public assistance, indi-
vidual assistance, operations, mitigation, administrative, and any 
other relevant category (including emergency measures and disaster 
resources): Provided further, That not later than 10 days after 
the first day of each month, the Administrator shall publish on 
the Agency’s website the report (referred to as the Disaster Relief 
Monthly Report) as required by Public Law 114–4. 
Of the amounts provided in this division for the Disaster Relief 
Fund, up to $4,900,000,000 may be transferred to the Disaster 
Assistance Direct Loan Program Account for the cost of direct 
loans as authorized under section 417 of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5184) 
to be used to assist local governments in providing essential services 
as a result of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, or Maria: Provided further, 
That such amounts may subsidize gross obligations for the principal 
amount of direct loans not to exceed $4,900,000,000 under section 
417 of the Stafford Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
section 417 of the Stafford Act, a territory or possession, and 
instrumentalities and local governments thereof, of the United 
States shall be deemed to be a local government for purposes 
of this paragraph: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
417(b) of the Stafford Act, the amount of any such loan issued 
to a territory or possession, and instrumentalities and local govern-
ments thereof, may be based on the projected loss of tax and 
other revenues and on projected cash outlays not previously budg-
eted for a period not to exceed 180 days from the date of the 
major disaster, and may exceed $5,000,000: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law or the constitution of 
a territory or possession that limits the issuance of debt, a territory 
or possession, and instrumentalities and local governments thereof, 
may each receive more than one loan with repayment provisions 
and other terms specific to the type of lost tax and other revenues 
and on projected unbudgeted cash outlays for which the loan is 
provided: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 417(c)(1) 
of the Stafford Act, loans to a territory or possession, and instrumen-
talities and local governments thereof, may be cancelled in whole 
or in part only at the discretion of the Secretary of Homeland 
Security in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
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the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of the Treasury, shall determine the terms, conditions, 
eligible uses, and timing and amount of Federal disbursements 
of loans issued to a territory or possession, and instrumentalities 
and local governments thereof: Provided further, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
661a): Provided further, That FEMA may transfer up to 1.5 percent 
of the amount under this paragraph to the Disaster Assistance 
Direct Loan Program Account for administrative expenses to carry 
out under this paragraph the direct loan program, as authorized 
by section 417 of the Stafford Act: Provided further, That of the 
amount provided under this paragraph for transfer, up to 
$150,000,000 may be transferred to the Disaster Assistance Direct 
Loan Program Account for the cost to lend a territory or possession 
of the United States that portion of assistance for which the terri-
tory or possession is responsible under the cost-sharing provisions 
of the major disaster declaration for Hurricanes Irma or Maria, 
as authorized under section 319 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5162): Provided 
further, That of the amount provided under this paragraph for 
transfer, up to $1,000,000 may be transferred to the Disaster Assist-
ance Direct Loan Program Account for administrative expenses 
to carry out the Advance of Non-Federal Share program, as author-
ized by section 319 of the Stafford Act. 
The amount provided under this heading is designated by the 
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
FOREST SERVICE 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’, 
$184,500,000, to remain available through September 30, 2021, 
for urgent wildland fire suppression operations: Provided, That 
such funds shall be solely available to be transferred to and merged 
with other appropriations accounts from which funds were pre-
viously transferred for wildland fire suppression in fiscal year 2017 
to fully repay those amounts: Provided further, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
FLAME WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION RESERVE FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘FLAME Wildfire Suppression 
Reserve Fund’’, $342,000,000, to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2021, for necessary expenses for large wildland fire
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suppression operations of the Department of Agriculture and as 
a reserve fund for suppression and Federal emergency response 
activities: Provided, That notwithstanding the FLAME Act of 2009 
(43 U.S.C. 1748a(e)), such funds shall be solely available to be 
transferred to and merged with other appropriations accounts from 
which funds were previously transferred for wildland fire suppres-
sion in fiscal year 2017 to fully repay those amounts: Provided 
further, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 
for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’, 
$50,000,000, to remain available until expended, for urgent wildland 
fire suppression activities and funds necessary to repay any trans-
fers needed for these costs: Provided, That such funds may be 
available to be transferred to and merged with other appropriations 
accounts to fully repay amounts previously transferred for wildland 
fire suppression: Provided further, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
TITLE III 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. Each amount appropriated or made available by 
this division is in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated for 
the fiscal year involved. 
SEC. 302. No part of any appropriation contained in this division 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year 
unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 303. The terms and conditions applicable to the funds 
provided in this division, including those provided by this title, 
shall also apply to the funds made available in division B of Public 
Law 115–56. 
SEC. 304. Each amount designated in this division by the Con-
gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985 shall be available only if the President subsequently 
so designates all such amounts and transmits such designations 
to the Congress. 
SEC. 305. (a)(1) Not later than December 31, 2017, in accordance 
with criteria to be established by the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget (referred to in this section as ‘‘OMB’’), 
each Federal agency shall submit to OMB, the Government Account-
ability Office, the respective Inspector General of each agency, 
and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate internal control plans for funds provided 
by this division and division B of Public Law 115–56.
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(2) Not later than March 31, 2018, the Government Account-
ability Office shall review for the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate the design of 
the internal control plans required by paragraph (1). 
(b) All programs and activities receiving funds under this divi-
sion shall be deemed to be ‘‘susceptible to significant improper 
payments’’ for purposes of the Improper Payments Information Act 
of 2002 (31 U.S.C. 3321 note), notwithstanding section 2(a) of such 
Act. 
(c) Funds for grants provided by this division or division B 
of Public Law 115–56 shall be expended by the grantees within 
the 24-month period following the agency’s obligation of funds for 
the grant, unless, in accordance with guidance to be issued by 
the Director of OMB, the Director waives this requirement for 
a particular grant program and submits a written justification 
for such waiver to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. In the case of such grants, 
the agency shall include a term in the grant that requires the 
grantee to return to the agency any funds not expended within 
the 24-month period. 
SEC. 306. (a) The first proviso under the heading ‘‘Department 
of Housing and Urban Development—Community Planning and 
Development—Community Development Fund’’ in division B of 
Public Law 115–56 is amended by striking ‘‘State or unit of general 
local government’’ and inserting ‘‘State, unit of general local govern-
ment, or Indian tribe (as such term is defined in section 102 
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
5302))’’. 
(b) Amounts repurposed pursuant to subsection (a) that were 
previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as being for an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of such Act. 
SEC. 307. Section 101(a)(7) of division D of Public Law 115– 
56 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(7) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (division G of Public 
Law 115–31), except the language under the heading ‘FLAME 
Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund’ in the Departments of Agri-
culture and the Interior.’’. 
SEC. 308. (a) Notwithstanding sections 1309, 1310, and 1310a 
of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4016– 
4017a) and section 15(e) of the Federal Flood Insurance Act of 
1956 (42 U.S.C. 2414(e)), and any borrowing agreement entered 
into between the Department of the Treasury and the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, of the indebtedness of the 
Administrator under any notes or other obligations issued pursuant 
to section 1309(a) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 4016(a)) and section 15(e) of the Federal Insurance 
Act of 1956 (42 U.S.C. 2414(e)) that is outstanding as of the date 
of the enactment of this Act, an amount of $16,000,000,000 is 
hereby cancelled. To the extent of the amount cancelled, the 
Administrator and the National Flood Insurance Fund are relieved 
of all liability to the Secretary of the Treasury under any such 
notes or other obligations, including for any interest due under 
such notes and any other fees and charges payable in connection 
with such notes, and the total amount of notes and obligations