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 in-
denting the items appropriately; 
(C) by inserting before item (aa) (as so re-
designated) the following: 
‘‘(I) the sum obtained by add-
ing—’’; 
(D) in item (bb) of subclause (I) (as so re-
designated)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘subclause (I)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘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 appropria-
tions Act for wildfire suppression op-
erations pursuant to subparagraph 
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(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 cal-
culation 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 appropria-
tions Act for wildfire suppression oper-
ations 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 subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(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— 
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‘‘(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 sup-
pression operations’ means the emer-
gency and unpredictable aspects of 
wildland firefighting including— 
‘‘(aa) support, response, and 
emergency stabilization activities; 
‘‘(bb) other emergency man-
agement activities; and 
‘‘(cc) the funds necessary to 
repay any transfers needed for 
the costs of wildfire suppression 
operations. 
‘‘(ii) ADDITIONAL NEW BUDGET AU-
THORITY.—If a bill or joint resolution 
making appropriations for a fiscal year is 
enacted that specifies an amount for wild-
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fire suppression operations in the Wildland 
Fire Management accounts at the Depart-
ment 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 fis-
cal 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; 
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‘‘(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 oper-
ations 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 
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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 sub-
paragraph (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. 
Æ 
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