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‘‘(1) secure reimbursement for the cost of such 
wildfire suppression operations conducted on the 
non-Federal land; and 
‘‘(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-
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ment techniques, resulting positive or negative im-
pacts of fire on the landscape, impact of investments 
in preparedness, suggested corrective actions, and 
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. 1003. 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 
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to or from any account or subactivity of the Federal land 
management agencies, as defined in section 801(2) of such 
Act, that is not used to cover the cost of wildfire suppres-
sion operations. 
TITLE XI—DISASTER RELIEF 
AND WILDFIRE ADJUSTMENT 
SEC. 1101. INCREASE IN MAXIMUM ADJUSTMENT TO AC-
COMMODATE WILDFIRE FUNDING. 
Section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control of 1985 is amended— 
(1) in clause (i), by striking subclause (I) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(I) the average over the pre-
vious 10 years (excluding the highest 
and lowest years) of the sum of— 
‘‘(aa) funding provided for 
disaster relief (as that term is de-
fined on the date immediately be-
fore the date of enactment of the 
Resilient Federal Forests Act of 
2017); 
‘‘(bb) non-emergency fund-
ing provided for wildfire suppres-
sion and other wildfire related ac-
tivities under the ‘Wildland Fire 
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Management’ 
and 
‘FLAME 
Wildfire 
Suppression 
Reserve 
Fund’ accounts of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture and the De-
partment of the Interior; and 
‘‘(cc) 10 percent of the 
funding for disaster relief des-
ignated as an emergency under 
subparagraph (A)(i); and’’; 
(2) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘the Budget Con-
trol Act of 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘the Resilient Fed-
eral Forests Act of 2017’’; and 
(3) by striking clause (iii) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iii) For the purposes of this sub-
paragraph, 
the 
term 
‘disaster 
relief’ 
means— 
‘‘(I) activities carried out pursu-
ant to a determination under section 
102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)); or 
‘‘(II) amounts made available, 
pursuant to a declaration under sec-
tion 802 of such Act that a major dis-
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aster for wildfire on Federal lands ex-
ists, to the wildfire suppression oper-
ations account established under sec-
tion 803 of such Act.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 1, 
2017. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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