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‘‘(3) WILDFIRE
SUPPRESSION
OPERATIONS.— 
The term ‘wildfire suppression operations’ means the 
emergency and unpredictable aspects of wildland 
firefighting, including support, response, emergency 
stabilization activities, and other emergency manage-
ment activities of wildland firefighting on Federal 
lands (or on non-Federal lands pursuant to a fire 
protection agreement or cooperative agreement) by 
the Federal land management agencies covered by 
the wildfire suppression subactivity of the Wildland 
Fire Management account or the FLAME Wildfire 
Suppression Reserve Fund account of the Federal 
land management agencies. 
‘‘SEC. 802. PROCEDURE FOR DECLARATION OF A MAJOR 
DISASTER 
FOR 
WILDFIRE 
ON 
FEDERAL 
LANDS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior or 
the Secretary of Agriculture may submit a request to the 
President consistent with the requirements of this title for 
a declaration by the President that a major disaster for 
wildfire on Federal lands exists. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—A request for a declaration 
by the President that a major disaster for wildfire on Fed-
eral lands exists shall— 
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‘‘(1) be made in writing by the respective Sec-
retary; 
‘‘(2) certify that the amount appropriated in 
the current fiscal year for wildfire suppression oper-
ations of the Federal land management agencies 
under the jurisdiction of the respective Secretary, 
net of any concurrently enacted rescissions of wild-
fire suppression funds, increases the total unobli-
gated balance of amounts available for wildfire sup-
pression by an amount equal to or greater than the 
average total costs incurred by the Federal land 
management agencies per year for wildfire suppres-
sion operations, including the suppression costs in 
excess of appropriated amounts, over the previous 
ten fiscal years; 
‘‘(3) certify that the amount available for wild-
fire suppression operations of the Federal land man-
agement agencies under the jurisdiction of the re-
spective Secretary will be obligated not later than 30 
days after such Secretary notifies the President that 
wildfire suppression funds will be exhausted to fund 
ongoing and anticipated wildfire suppression oper-
ations related to the wildfire on which the request 
for the declaration of a major disaster for wildfire 
on Federal lands pursuant to this title is based; and 
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‘‘(4) specify the amount required in the current 
fiscal year to fund wildfire suppression operations 
related to the wildfire on which the request for the 
declaration of a major disaster for wildfire on Fed-
eral lands pursuant to this title is based. 
‘‘(c) DECLARATION.—Based on the request of the re-
spective Secretary under this title, the President may de-
clare that a major disaster for wildfire on Federal lands 
exists. 
‘‘SEC. 803. WILDFIRE ON FEDERAL LANDS ASSISTANCE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In a major disaster for wildfire 
on Federal lands, the President may transfer funds, only 
from the account established pursuant to subsection (b), 
to the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agri-
culture to conduct wildfire suppression operations on Fed-
eral lands (and non-Federal lands pursuant to a fire pro-
tection agreement or cooperative agreement). 
‘‘(b) WILDFIRE
SUPPRESSION
OPERATIONS
AC-
COUNT.—The President shall establish a specific account 
for the assistance available pursuant to a declaration 
under section 802. Such account may only be used to fund 
assistance pursuant to this title. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION.— 
‘‘(1) LIMITATION OF TRANSFER.—The assist-
ance available pursuant to a declaration under sec-
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tion 802 is limited to the transfer of the amount re-
quested pursuant to section 802(b)(4). The assist-
ance available for transfer shall not exceed the 
amount contained in the wildfire suppression oper-
ations account established pursuant to subsection 
(b). 
‘‘(2) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Funds under this 
section shall be transferred from the wildfire sup-
pression operations account to the wildfire suppres-
sion subactivity of the Wildland Fire Management 
Account. 
‘‘(d) PROHIBITION OF OTHER TRANSFERS.—Except 
as provided in this section, no funds may be transferred 
to or from the account established pursuant to subsection 
(b) to or from any other fund or account. 
‘‘(e) REIMBURSEMENT FOR WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION 
OPERATIONS
ON
NON-FEDERAL
LAND.—If amounts 
transferred under subsection (c) are used to conduct wild-
fire suppression operations on non-Federal land, the re-
spective Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) secure reimbursement for the cost of such 
wildfire suppression operations conducted on the 
non-Federal land; and 
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‘‘(2) transfer the amounts received as reim-
bursement to the wildfire suppression operations ac-
count established pursuant to subsection (b). 
‘‘(f) ANNUAL ACCOUNTING
AND REPORTING RE-
QUIREMENTS.—Not later than 90 days after the end of 
each fiscal year for which assistance is received pursuant 
to this section, the respective Secretary shall submit to 
the Committees on Agriculture, Appropriations, the Budg-
et, Natural Resources, and Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture of the House of Representatives and the Committees 
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Appropriations, 
the Budget, Energy and Natural Resources, Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs, and Indian Affairs of 
the Senate, and make available to the public, a report that 
includes the following: 
‘‘(1) The risk-based factors that influenced 
management decisions regarding wildfire suppression 
operations of the Federal land management agencies 
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned. 
‘‘(2) Specific discussion of a statistically signifi-
cant sample of large fires, in which each fire is ana-
lyzed for cost drivers, effectiveness of risk manage-
ment techniques, resulting positive or negative im-
pacts of fire on the landscape, impact of investments 
in preparedness, suggested corrective actions, and 
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such other factors as the respective Secretary con-
siders appropriate. 
‘‘(3) Total expenditures for wildfire suppression 
operations of the Federal land management agencies 
under the jurisdiction of the respective Secretary, 
broken out by fire sizes, cost, regional location, and 
such other factors as the such Secretary considers 
appropriate. 
‘‘(4) Lessons learned. 
‘‘(5) Such other matters as the respective Sec-
retary considers appropriate. 
‘‘(g) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in this title shall 
limit the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agri-
culture, Indian tribe, or a State from receiving assistance 
through a declaration made by the President under this 
Act when the criteria for such declaration have been 
met.’’. 
SEC. 903. PROHIBITION ON TRANSFERS. 
No funds may be transferred to or from the Federal 
land management agencies’ wildfire suppression oper-
ations accounts referred to in section 801(3) of the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
to or from any account or subactivity of the Federal land 
management agencies, as defined in section 801(2) of such 
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