I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6336 
To improve Federal activities relating to wildfires, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 20, 2021 
Mr. NEGUSE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agri-
culture, Armed Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Science, 
Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To improve Federal activities relating to wildfires, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Western Wildfire Support Act of 2021’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
TITLE I—PREPARATION 
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Sec. 101. Firefighting accounts. 
Sec. 102. Reimbursement for wildfires caused by military training. 
Sec. 103. Strategic wildland fire management planning. 
Sec. 104. Accounts to assist communities in planning and preparing for 
wildfires. 
Sec. 105. Community support during disaster response. 
TITLE II—WILDFIRE DETECTION AND SUPPRESSION SUPPORT 
Sec. 201. Wildfire detection equipment. 
Sec. 202. Grant program for slip-on tank units. 
Sec. 203. Assistance to States for operation of air tankers. 
Sec. 204. Research and development of unmanned aircraft system fire applica-
tions. 
Sec. 205. Study on effects of drone incursions on wildfire suppression. 
Sec. 206. Study on wildfire detection equipment and integration of artificial in-
telligence technologies. 
TITLE III—POST-FIRE RECOVERY SUPPORT 
Sec. 301. Funding for online guides for post-fire assistance. 
Sec. 302. Long-Term Burned Area Recovery account. 
Sec. 303. Prize for wildfire-related invasive species reduction. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term 
‘‘congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources and the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Natural Resources 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives. 
(2) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 
means— 
(A) public lands (as defined in section 103 
of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702)); 
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(B) units of the National Park System; 
(C) units of the National Wildlife Refuge 
System; 
(D) land held in trust by the United States 
for the benefit of Indian Tribes or members of 
an Indian Tribe; and 
(E) land in the National Forest System. 
(3) NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘National 
Forest System’’ has the meaning given the term 
in section 11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland 
Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 
U.S.C. 1609(a)). 
(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘National 
Forest System’’ does not include— 
(i) the national grasslands and land 
utilization projects administered under title 
III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1010 et seq.); or 
(ii) National Forest System land east 
of the 100th meridian. 
(4) SECRETARIES.—The term ‘‘Secretaries’’ 
means— 
(A) the Secretary of the Interior; and 
(B) the Secretary of Agriculture. 
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(5) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term ‘‘Sec-
retary concerned’’ means— 
(A) the Secretary of the Interior, in the 
case of Federal land under the jurisdiction of 
the Secretary of the Interior; and 
(B) the Secretary of Agriculture, in the 
case of Federal land under the jurisdiction of 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
TITLE I—PREPARATION 
SEC. 101. FIREFIGHTING ACCOUNTS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNTS.—There are es-
tablished in the Treasury of the United States the fol-
lowing accounts: 
(1) The Firefighting Operations account for the 
Department of Agriculture. 
(2) The Firefighting Operations account for the 
Department of the Interior. 
(b) BUDGET ACTIVITIES WITHIN ACCOUNTS.—The 
following activities shall be specified for funding within 
each Firefighting Operations account established by sub-
section (a): 
(1) Ground-based firefighting operations. 
(2) Aircraft use in firefighting operations. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
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paragraph (1)(C) amounts appropriated to accounts 
of the Secretary concerned other than amounts in 
the accounts established by subsection (a) specified 
for activities described in subsection (b)(2). 
(f) ACCOUNTING REPORTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each Secretary concerned 
shall submit to the congressional committees month-
ly accounting reports regarding the amounts that 
have been obligated and expended under this section 
during the preceding month of the applicable fiscal 
year. 
(2) INCLUSIONS.—Each report under para-
graph (1) shall include a description of, with respect 
to the period covered by the report— 
(A) Federal ground-based equipment costs; 
(B) Federal aircraft use costs; 
(C) Federal personnel costs; 
(D) on-incident and off-incident support 
costs; and 
(E) funding allocated from the Wildland 
Fire Management account of the Secretary con-
cerned to pay for administrative costs. 
(3) REQUIREMENTS.—Each report under para-
graph (1) shall be prepared in accordance with ap-
plicable national fire plan reporting procedures. 
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SEC. 102. REIMBURSEMENT FOR WILDFIRES CAUSED BY 
MILITARY TRAINING. 
(a) REIMBURSEMENT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall, on application by a State or Federal agency, 
reimburse the State or Federal agency for the reasonable 
costs of the State or Federal agency for services provided 
in connection with fire suppression as a result of a fire 
caused by military training or other actions carried out 
by the Armed Forces or employees of the Department of 
Defense. 
(b) LIMITATION.—Services reimbursable under sub-
section (a) shall be limited to services proximately related 
to the fire for which reimbursement is sought. 
(c) APPLICATION.—Each application from a State or 
Federal agency for reimbursement for costs under sub-
section (a) shall provide an itemized request of the services 
covered by the application, including the costs of the serv-
ices. 
(d) FUNDS.—Reimbursements under subsection (a) 
shall be made from amounts authorized to be appropriated 
to the Department of Defense for operation and mainte-
nance. 
SEC. 103. STRATEGIC WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT PLAN-
NING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 30, 
2024, the Secretary concerned shall, in accordance with 
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this section, establish a series of spatial fire management 
plans. 
(b) USE OF EXISTING PLANS.—To comply with this 
section, the Secretary concerned may use a fire manage-
ment plan in existence on the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
(c) UPDATES.—To be valid, a spatial fire manage-
ment plan established under this section shall not be in 
use for longer than the 10-year period beginning on the 
date on which the plan is established. 
(d) SUB-UNIT PLANS.—The Secretary concerned 
shall establish a spatial fire management plan for each 
unit of Federal land with more than 10 acres of burnable 
vegetation under the jurisdiction of the Secretary con-
cerned. 
(e) CONTENTS.—For each spatial fire management 
plan established under this section, the Secretary con-
cerned shall— 
(1) base the plans on a landscape-scale risk as-
sessment that includes— 
(A) risks to firefighters; 
(B) risks to communities; 
(C) risks to highly valuable resources; and 
(D) other relevant considerations deter-
mined by the Secretary concerned; 
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(2) include direction, represented in spatial 
form, from land management plans and resource 
management plans; 
(3) in coordination with States, delineate poten-
tial wildland fire operational delineations that— 
(A) identify potential control locations; and 
(B) specify the places in which firefighters 
will not be sent because of the presence of un-
acceptable risk, including areas determined by 
the Secretary concerned as— 
(i) exceeding a certain slope; 
(ii) containing too high of a volume of 
hazardous fuels, under certain weather 
conditions; or 
(iii) containing other known hazards; 
(4) include a determination of average severe 
fire weather for the plan area; 
(5) include prefire planning provisions; 
(6) include a plan for postfire activities that— 
(A) would better enable a Burned Area 
Emergency Response Team working on a large 
fire incident to address emergency stabilization 
and erosion quickly; and 
(B) specifies ways in which the Burned 
Area Emergency Response Team would seek to 
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prevent the proliferation of invasive species in 
working on the large fire incident; and 
(7) include, at a minimum, any other require-
ment determined to be necessary by the Secretary 
concerned. 
(f) CONSISTENCY WITH MANAGEMENT PLANS.—The 
spatial fire management plans established under this sec-
tion shall be consistent with the fire management objec-
tives and land management objectives in the applicable 
land management plan or resource management plan. 
(g) REVISIONS TO LAND MANAGEMENT PLANS AND 
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLANS.—A revision to a land 
management plan or resource management plan shall con-
sider fire ecology and fire management in a manner that 
facilitates the issuance of direction for an incident re-
sponse. 
(h) ENGAGEMENT
DURING
LAND
MANAGEMENT 
PLANNING.—A supervisory employee of the Department 
of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture that is 
funded through a Firefighting Operations account estab-
lished under section 101 shall participate directly in the 
creation or revision of an applicable land management 
plan or resource management plan to incorporate an as-
sessment, protocol, or plan developed under this Act into 
the planning process. 
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SEC. 104. ACCOUNTS TO ASSIST COMMUNITIES IN PLAN-
NING AND PREPARING FOR WILDFIRES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNTS.—There are es-
tablished in the Treasury of the United States the fol-
lowing accounts: 
(1) The Community-Supported Land-Use Plan-
ning Assistance account for the Department of Agri-
culture. 
(2) The Community-Supported Land-Use Plan-
ning Assistance account for the Department of the 
Interior. 
(b) BUDGET ACTIVITIES WITHIN ACCOUNTS.—The 
following activities shall be specified for funding within 
each Community-Supported Land-Use Planning Assist-
ance account established by subsection (a): 
(1) The Firewise Program operated by the Na-
tional Fire Protection Association. 
(2) Community wildfire protection programs. 
(3) The Fire-Adapted Communities Learning 
Network. 
(4) Vegetation management by communities. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2022 and 
each fiscal year thereafter for the accounts established by 
subsection (a) such sums as are necessary to carry out 
this section, not to exceed $200,000,000. 
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(d) PRESIDENTIAL BUDGET REQUESTS.—For fiscal 
year 2023 and each fiscal year thereafter, each Secretary 
concerned shall submit through the budget request of the 
President and in accordance with subsection (c), a request 
for amounts in the Wildland Fire Management appropria-
tion account of the Secretary concerned to carry out the 
activities described in subsection (b). 
(e) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary con-
cerned shall use amounts in the accounts established by 
subsection (a) as follows: 
(1) With respect to amounts appropriated for 
the activity described in subsection (b)(1), the Sec-
retary concerned may— 
(A) cosponsor the Firewise Program; and 
(B) support the expansion of the Firewise 
Communities/USA Recognition Program to ad-
ditional at-risk communities. 
(2) With respect to amounts appropriated for 
the activity described in subsection (b)(2), the Sec-
retary concerned may provide assistance to at-risk 
communities to establish and revise— 
(A) a community wildfire protection plan 
(as defined in section 101 of the Healthy For-
ests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 
6511)); or 
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(B) a community evacuation plan. 
(3) With respect to amounts appropriated for 
the activity described in subsection (b)(3), the Sec-
retary concerned shall establish a small grant pro-
gram to address local hazard reduction on Federal, 
State, or private land, subject to the conditions 
that— 
(A) a grant provided under the program— 
(i) may be awarded to an organization 
in an at-risk community to address, in a 
sole instance, a hazardous fuel in a specific 
location, including piling and burning, and 
implementing a prescribed fire on private 
land; 
(ii) shall not exceed $20,000; and 
(iii) shall require cost-sharing assist-
ance in an amount equal to not less than 
10 percent of the amount of the grant; 
(B) the work identified for funding under 
the grant shall be accomplished by a team com-
posed of, at a minimum— 
(i) a private citizen; 
(ii) a representative of a nonprofit or-
ganization; and 
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(iii) a local fire department, including 
a volunteer fire department; 
(C) to be eligible for a grant under the 
program, a strategic plan outlining the means 
by which the applicant will address a hazardous 
fuel shall be submitted to the Secretary con-
cerned; and 
(D) on completion of a grant project, the 
grant recipient shall— 
(i) submit to the Secretary concerned 
a report; and 
(ii) participate in training another 
grant recipient during the following fiscal 
year. 
(4) With respect to amounts appropriated for 
the activity described in subsection (b)(4), the Sec-
retary concerned may provide cost-sharing assistance 
for the establishment and operation of a local pro-
gram in an at-risk community to assist homeowners 
in the disposal of brush and slash generated by haz-
ard reduction activities. 
SEC. 105. COMMUNITY SUPPORT DURING DISASTER RE-
SPONSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries shall establish a 
program to train and certify a citizen who wishes to be 
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able to volunteer to assist the Secretaries during a 
wildland fire incident. 
(b) SERVICE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries shall estab-
lish several categories of service for each manner in 
which a volunteer certified under this section may 
provide assistance. 
(2) 
DIRECT
SUPPRESSION
OF
WILDLAND 
FIRES.—No volunteer certified under this section 
may engage in an operation to directly suppress a 
wildland fire. 
(3) DIRECTION.—A volunteer under this section 
shall— 
(A) report to a designee of an incident 
commander prior to providing any assistance on 
a wildland fire; and 
(B) operate continuously under the direc-
tion of the designee while providing assistance 
on a wildland fire. 
(c) CERTIFICATION.— 
(1) CRITERIA.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretaries shall 
certify volunteers to provide assistance for each 
category of service established under subsection 
(b). 
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(B) ESTABLISHMENT OF CRITERIA.—The 
Secretaries shall establish criteria for a volun-
teer to be certified for each category of service. 
(C) ATTENDANCE.—Attendance at training 
conducted under paragraph (2) shall be 1 of the 
criteria established under subparagraph (B). 
(D) ASSESSMENT.—The Secretaries shall 
assess the knowledge, skills, or abilities, of a 
person prior to certifying a person to become a 
volunteer. 
(2) TRAINING.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretaries shall 
regularly conduct training for citizens who de-
sire to be certified as volunteers. 
(B) CONTENT.—The training shall include, 
at a minimum, a safety component in an effort 
to minimize inherent threats to volunteers and 
maximize the safety of a volunteer, to the max-
imum extent practicable, as a volunteer pro-
vides assistance on a wildland fire. 
(C) FREQUENCY.—The Secretaries shall 
offer, at a minimum, 1 training session in each 
State with significant wildfire risk, not less 
than every 2 years. 
(3) IDENTIFICATION.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—On the certification of 
a volunteer, the Secretary concerned shall pro-
vide to the volunteer a means of identification 
as a volunteer. 
(B) DISPLAY.—A volunteer certified under 
this section shall display, continuously while as-
sisting in a wildland fire, the means of identi-
fication. 
TITLE II—WILDFIRE DETECTION 
AND SUPPRESSION SUPPORT 
SEC. 201. WILDFIRE DETECTION EQUIPMENT. 
To the extent practicable, the Secretary concerned 
shall— 
(1) expedite the placement of wildfire detection 
equipment, such as sensors, cameras, and other rel-
evant equipment, in areas at risk of wildfire; 
(2) expand the use of satellite data to assist 
wildfire response; and 
(3) expedite any permitting required by the 
Secretary concerned for the installation, mainte-
nance, or removal of wildfire detection equipment. 
SEC. 202. GRANT PROGRAM FOR SLIP-ON TANK UNITS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries shall establish a 
program to award to an eligible State or unit of local gov-
ernment each year grants to acquire slip-on tank and 
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pump units (referred to in this section as ‘‘slip-on units’’) 
for a surge capacity of resources for fire suppression. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this section, a State or unit of local gov-
ernment shall— 
(A) submit an application at such time, in 
such manner, and containing such information 
as the Secretaries may require; and 
(B) contribute non-Federal funds in ac-
cordance with paragraph (2). 
(2) COST-SHARE
REQUIREMENTS.—The non- 
Federal share of the cost of acquiring slip-on units 
using a grant under this section shall be not less 
than 25 percent. 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Grants awarded under this 
section shall be used only for the acquisition of not 
fewer than 30 slip-on units. 
(2) RESTRICTIONS.—A recipient of a grant 
under this section— 
(A) shall be responsible for the cost of the 
maintenance and use of the slip-on units; and 
(B) may not use grant funds for a cost de-
scribed in subparagraph (A). 
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(d) REQUIREMENTS FOR OPERATION OF SLIP-ON 
UNITS.—A recipient of a grant under this section shall— 
(1) in maintaining and storing the slip-on 
units— 
(A) store and mount a slip-on unit on a ve-
hicle only during— 
(i) a period of extreme fire danger; or 
(ii) an active wildland fire; 
(B) designate a vehicle and personnel to be 
used with each slip-on unit; 
(C) make any necessary modification to a 
designated vehicle to ensure compatibility with 
the use of the slip-on unit; 
(D) train designated personnel to use the 
slip-on unit; 
(E) ensure designated personnel possess el-
ementary wildland fire management skills, in-
cluding post-fire-front structure-protection tac-
tics; and 
(F) maintain each slip-on unit in good, us-
able condition for a period of not fewer than 20 
years; 
(2) during a large, active wildland fire— 
(A) staff each designated vehicle equipped 
with a slip-on unit with— 
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(i) a person designated under para-
graph (1)(B); and 
(ii) a trained firefighter, regardless of 
whether the trained firefighter is paid, vol-
unteer, or off-duty but paid; 
(B) 
organize 
each 
designated 
vehicle 
equipped with a slip-on unit into a team with 
other designated vehicles under the direction of 
a qualified task force leader; and 
(C) use each designated vehicle equipped 
with a slip-on unit primarily for the purpose of 
following behind the wildland fire front— 
(i) to prevent homes from igniting; 
and 
(ii) to alert fire engines of structures 
that have ignited; and 
(3) comply with any other requirements deter-
mined to be necessary by the Secretaries, including 
any minimum requirements for a slip-on unit and 
any additional required equipment. 
SEC. 203. ASSISTANCE TO STATES FOR OPERATION OF AIR 
TANKERS. 
The Secretary concerned may provide funding to 
States to enable States to operate not more than 50 sin-
gle-engine air tankers if— 
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(1) the single-engine air tanker is government- 
owned and contractor-operated or government-owned 
and government-operated; 
(2) a State receiving funding for a single-engine 
air tanker under this section shares the cost with 
the Secretary of the acquisition and operation of the 
aircraft; and 
(3) the single-engine air tanker— 
(A) shall be used for initial attack; and 
(B) shall not be used for large fire aviation 
support. 
SEC. 204. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF UNMANNED 
AIRCRAFT SYSTEM FIRE APPLICATIONS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED
UNMANNED
AIRCRAFT
TEST 
RANGE.—The term ‘‘covered unmanned aircraft test 
range’’ means a test range that is approved of or 
designated by the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration for the testing of unmanned 
aircraft systems, as required under section 44803 of 
title 49, United States Code. 
(2) UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM.—The term 
‘‘unmanned aircraft system’’ means an unmanned 
aircraft and associated elements (including commu-
nication links and the components that control the 
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unmanned aircraft) that are required for the oper-
ator to operate safely and efficiently in the national 
airspace system of the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion. 
(b) JOINT FIRE SCIENCE PROGRAM.—The Secretary 
of the Interior shall, acting through the Joint Fire Science 
Program, work with covered unmanned aircraft test 
ranges to carry out research and development of un-
manned aircraft system fire applications. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the 
Interior such sums as are necessary to carry out this sec-
tion. 
SEC. 205. STUDY ON EFFECTS OF DRONE INCURSIONS ON 
WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) DRONE.—The term ‘‘drone’’ means an un-
manned aircraft system owned by a private indi-
vidual or entity. 
(2) DRONE INCURSION.—The term ‘‘drone in-
cursion’’ means the operation of a drone within any 
airspace for which the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration has issued a temporary 
flight restriction because of a wildfire. 
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(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di-
rector of the Bureau of Land Management. 
(b) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 
Chief of the Forest Service, shall conduct a study on the 
effects of drone incursions on wildfire suppression with re-
spect to land managed by the Department of the Interior 
or the Department of Agriculture. 
(c) STUDY CONTENTS.—In conducting the study re-
quired under subsection (b), the Secretary shall— 
(1) determine, for each of the 5 most recent 
calendar years— 
(A) the number of occurrences in which a 
drone incursion interfered with wildfire suppres-
sion; and 
(B) the effect of each occurrence described 
in subparagraph (A) on— 
(i) the length of time required to 
achieve complete suppression; 
(ii) the effectiveness of aerial fire-
fighting responses; and 
(iii) the amounts expended by the 
Federal Government; and 
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(2) evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of 
various actions to prevent drone incursions, includ-
ing— 
(A) the use of reasonable force to disable, 
damage, or destroy a drone; 
(B) the seizure of a drone, including sei-
zure with a net device; and 
(C) the dissemination of educational mate-
rials relating to the effects of drone incursions 
on wildfire suppression. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 
the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of 
the House of Representatives a report describing— 
(1) the findings of the study required under 
subsection (b); and 
(2) any recommendations of the Secretary relat-
ing to those findings. 
SEC. 206. STUDY ON WILDFIRE DETECTION EQUIPMENT 
AND INTEGRATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTEL-
LIGENCE TECHNOLOGIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries shall conduct a 
study on— 
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(1) the effectiveness and limitations on the de-
ployment and application of each wildfire detection 
equipment technology with respect to detection, con-
firmation, geolocation, predictability of wildfire 
spread, suppression resource management, post-fire 
forensics, and surface rehabilitation; 
(2) how each technology described in paragraph 
(1), with proper and timely deployment and use, can 
provide for the most effective and efficient means of 
dealing with the threat and the reality of wildland 
fires; 
(3) the integration of artificial intelligence with 
real-time imagery and weather data provided by 
wildfire detection equipment technology; and 
(4) how the integration of artificial intelligence 
described in paragraph (3) can enhance the value of 
each wildfire detection equipment technology, indi-
vidually and collectively. 
(b) SUBMISSION AND PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Not 
later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretaries shall submit to the congressional commit-
tees and make publicly available the results of the study 
conducted under subsection (a). 
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TITLE III—POST-FIRE RECOVERY 
SUPPORT 
SEC. 301. FUNDING FOR ONLINE GUIDES FOR POST-FIRE 
ASSISTANCE. 
(a) USE OF SERVICES OF OTHER AGENCIES.—Sec-
tion 201(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5131(a)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) post-disaster assistance.’’. 
(b) FUNDING
FOR ONLINE GUIDES
FOR ASSIST-
ANCE.—Section 201 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5131) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) FUNDING FOR ONLINE GUIDES FOR ASSIST-
ANCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency may enter 
into a cooperative agreement to provide funding to 
a State agency established under subsection (c) to 
establish and operate a website to provide informa-
tion relating to post-fire recovery funding and re-
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sources to a community or an individual impacted by 
a wildland fire. 
‘‘(2) MANAGEMENT.—A website created under 
this subsection shall be— 
‘‘(A) managed by the State agency; and 
‘‘(B) suitable for the residents of the State 
of the State agency. 
‘‘(3) CONTENT.—The Administrator may enter 
into a cooperative agreement to establish a website 
under this subsection only to provide 1 or more of 
the following: 
‘‘(A) A list of Federal, State, and local 
sources of post-fire recovery funding or assist-
ance that may be available to a community 
after a wildfire. 
‘‘(B) A list of Federal, State, and local 
sources of post-fire recovery funding or assist-
ance that may be available to an individual im-
pacted by a wildfire. 
‘‘(C) A technical guide that lists and ex-
plains the costs and benefits of alternatives 
available to a community to mitigate the im-
pacts of wildfire and prepare for potential flood-
ing. 
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‘‘(4) COOPERATION.—A State agency that en-
ters into a cooperative agreement under this sub-
section shall cooperate with the Secretary of the In-
terior, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Admin-
istrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency in developing a website under this sub-
section. 
‘‘(5) UPDATES.—A State agency that receives 
funding to establish a website under this subsection 
shall update the website not less than once every 6 
years.’’. 
SEC. 302. LONG-TERM BURNED AREA RECOVERY ACCOUNT. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNT.—There is estab-
lished in the Treasury of the United States the Long- 
Term Burned Area Recovery account for the Department 
of Agriculture. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2022 and 
each fiscal year thereafter for the account established by 
subsection (a) such sums as are necessary to carry out 
the activities described in subsection (d), not to exceed 
$100,000,000. 
(c) PRESIDENTIAL BUDGET REQUESTS.—For fiscal 
year 2023 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall submit through the budget request of 
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the President and in accordance with subsection (b), a re-
quest for amounts in the Wildland Fire Management ap-
propriation account to carry out the activities described 
in subsection (d). 
(d) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary of Ag-
riculture shall use amounts in the account established by 
subsection (a) for rehabilitation projects— 
(1) that begin not earlier than 1 year after the 
date on which the wildfire was contained; 
(2) that are— 
(A) scheduled to be completed not later 
than 3 years after the date on which the wild-
fire was contained; and 
(B) located at sites impacted by wildfire on 
non-Federal or Federal land; 
(3) that restore the functions of an ecosystem 
or protect life or property; and 
(4) not less than 10 percent of the total costs 
of which are paid for with non-Federal funds. 
(e) PRIORITIZATION OF FUNDING.—The Secretary of 
Agriculture shall prioritize, on a nationwide basis, projects 
for which funding requests are submitted under this sec-
tion, based on— 
(1) downstream effects on water resources; and 
(2) public safety. 
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SEC. 303. PRIZE FOR WILDFIRE-RELATED INVASIVE SPE-
CIES REDUCTION. 
Section 7001(d) of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Con-
servation, Management, and Recreation Act (16 U.S.C. 
742b note; Public Law 116–9) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘paragraph (8)(A)’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘paragraph (9)(A)’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘paragraph (8)(B)’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘paragraph (9)(B)’’; 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (8) as para-
graph (9); 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (7) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(8) THEODORE
ROOSEVELT
GENIUS
PRIZE 
FOR MANAGEMENT OF WILDFIRE-RELATED INVASIVE 
SPECIES.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 
‘‘(i) 
BOARD.—The 
term 
‘Board’ 
means the Management of Wildfire-Related 
Invasive 
Species 
Technology 
Advisory 
Board established by subparagraph (C)(i). 
‘‘(ii) PRIZE COMPETITION.—The term 
‘prize competition’ means the Theodore 
Roosevelt Genius Prize for the manage-
ment of wildfire-related invasive species es-
tablished under subparagraph (B). 
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‘‘(B) AUTHORITY.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of the Western 
Wildfire Support Act of 2021, the Secretary 
shall establish under section 24 of the Steven-
son-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 
(15 U.S.C. 3719) a prize competition, to be 
known as the ‘Theodore Roosevelt Genius Prize 
for the management of wildfire-related invasive 
species’— 
‘‘(i) to encourage technological innova-
tion with the potential to advance the mis-
sion of the National Invasive Species 
Council with respect to the management of 
wildfire-related invasive species; and 
‘‘(ii) to award 1 or more prizes annu-
ally for a technological advancement that 
manages wildfire-related invasive species. 
‘‘(C) ADVISORY BOARD.— 
‘‘(i) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is es-
tablished an advisory board, to be known 
as the ‘Management of Wildfire-Related 
Invasive 
Species 
Technology 
Advisory 
Board’. 
‘‘(ii) COMPOSITION.—The Board shall 
be composed of not fewer than 9 members 
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appointed by the Secretary, who shall pro-
vide expertise in— 
‘‘(I) invasive species; 
‘‘(II) biology; 
‘‘(III) technology development; 
‘‘(IV) engineering; 
‘‘(V) economics; 
‘‘(VI) business development and 
management; 
‘‘(VII) wildfire; and 
‘‘(VIII) any other discipline, as 
the Secretary determines to be nec-
essary to achieve the purposes of this 
paragraph. 
‘‘(iii) DUTIES.—Subject to clause (iv), 
with respect to the prize competition, the 
Board shall— 
‘‘(I) select a topic; 
‘‘(II) issue a problem statement; 
‘‘(III) advise the Secretary re-
garding any opportunity for techno-
logical innovation to manage wildfire- 
related invasive species; and 
‘‘(IV) advise winners of the prize 
competition regarding opportunities to 
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pilot and implement winning tech-
nologies in relevant fields, including in 
partnership with conservation organi-
zations, Federal or State agencies, 
federally recognized Indian Tribes, 
private entities, and research institu-
tions with expertise or interest relat-
ing to the management of wildfire-re-
lated invasive species. 
‘‘(iv) CONSULTATION.—In selecting a 
topic and issuing a problem statement for 
the prize competition, the Board shall con-
sult widely with Federal and non-Federal 
stakeholders, including— 
‘‘(I) 1 or more Federal agencies 
with jurisdiction over the management 
of invasive species; 
‘‘(II) 1 or more Federal agencies 
with jurisdiction over the management 
of wildfire; 
‘‘(III) 1 or more State agencies 
with jurisdiction over the management 
of invasive species; 
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‘‘(IV) 1 or more State agencies 
with jurisdiction over the management 
of wildfire; 
‘‘(V) 1 or more State, regional, 
or local wildlife organizations, the 
mission of which relates to the man-
agement of invasive species; and 
‘‘(VI) 1 or more wildlife con-
servation groups, technology compa-
nies, research institutions, institutions 
of higher education, industry associa-
tions, or individual stakeholders with 
an interest in the management of 
wildfire-related invasive species. 
‘‘(v) 
REQUIREMENTS.—The 
Board 
shall comply with all requirements under 
paragraph (9)(A). 
‘‘(D) ADMINISTRATION BY THE NATIONAL 
INVASIVE
SPECIES
COUNCIL.—The Secretary, 
acting through the Director of the National 
Invasive Species Council, shall administer the 
prize competition. 
‘‘(E) JUDGES.— 
‘‘(i) APPOINTMENT.—The Secretary 
shall appoint not fewer than 3 judges who 
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shall, except as provided in clause (ii), se-
lect the 1 or more annual winners of the 
prize competition. 
‘‘(ii) 
DETERMINATION
BY
SEC-
RETARY.—The judges appointed under 
clause (i) shall not select any annual win-
ner of the prize competition if the Sec-
retary makes a determination that, in any 
fiscal year, none of the technological ad-
vancements entered into the prize competi-
tion merits an award. 
‘‘(F) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Not later 
than 60 days after the date on which a cash 
prize is awarded under this paragraph, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources of the Senate and the 
Committee on Natural Resources of the House 
of Representatives a report on the prize com-
petition that includes— 
‘‘(i) a statement by the Board that 
describes the activities carried out by the 
Board relating to the duties described in 
subparagraph (C)(iii); 
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‘‘(ii) a description of the 1 or more 
annual winners of the prize competition; 
and 
‘‘(iii) a statement by 1 or more of the 
judges appointed under subparagraph (E) 
that explains the basis on which the 1 or 
more winners of the prize competition was 
selected. 
‘‘(G) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The 
Board and all authority provided under this 
paragraph shall terminate on December 31, 
2026.’’; and 
(5) in paragraph (9) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), in the matter 
preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘or (7)(C)(i)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(7)(C)(i), or (8)(C)(i)’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 
by striking ‘‘or (7)(D)(i)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(7)(D)(i), or (8)(D)(i)’’; and 
(ii) in clause (i)(VII), by striking 
‘‘and (7)(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘(7)(E), and 
(8)(E)’’. 
Æ 
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