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Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Nutrition Coordinators for Local 
Healthy Youth Act''.

SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR NUTRITION COORDINATORS.

    Section 19 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1788) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (l) as subsection (m); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (k) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(l) Grant Program for Nutrition Coordinators.--
            ``(1) Establishment of grant program.--The Secretary, in 
        consultation with the Secretary of Education, shall establish a 
        program to make grants to local educational agencies to appoint 
        nutrition coordinators to carry out the activities described in 
        paragraph (4).
            ``(2) Application.--To be selected to receive a grant under 
        paragraph (1), a local educational agency, in consultation with 
        the State agency that administers school lunch programs in the 
        geographic area served by such local educational agency, shall 
        submit an application at such time, in such manner, and 
        containing such information as the Secretary may require.
            ``(3) Use of funds.--A local educational agency that 
        receives a grant under this subsection shall use such funds to 
        appoint a nutrition coordinator to, with respect to the 
        geographic area served by such agency--
                    ``(A) ensure compliance with local school wellness 
                policies under section 9A of the Richard B. Russell 
                National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758b);
                    ``(B) coordinate nutrition education programs with 
                school food service directors for such local 
                educational agency;
                    ``(C) conduct trainings and facilitate information 
                sharing of best practices that--
                            ``(i) encourage students to participate in 
                        healthy eating and active living;
                            ``(ii) are consistent with the Dietary 
                        Guidelines for Americans published under 
                        section 301 of the National Nutrition 
                        Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 (7 
                        U.S.C. 5341); and
                            ``(iii) are consistent with the Physical 
                        Activity Guidelines for Americans published by 
                        the Office of Disease Prevention and Health 
                        Promotion of the Department of Health and Human 
                        Services;
                    ``(D) work with programs that promote and motivate 
                students to participate in school wellness activities;
                    ``(E) coordinate and collaborate with other 
                nutrition education programs, including--
                            ``(i) programs under the Supplemental 
                        Nutrition Assistance Program under the Food and 
                        Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.);
                            ``(ii) cooperative extension services (as 
                        such term is defined in section 1404 of the 
                        Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
                        3103));
                            ``(iii) nutrition education programs 
                        carried out by community-based organizations; 
                        and
                            ``(iv) other team network nutrition 
                        programs;
                    ``(F) provide community outreach to promote 
                nutrient-rich foods and farm-to-school activities;
                    ``(G) promote regular physical activity in students 
                before, during, and after school;
                    ``(H) ensure students receive effective and 
                consistent messages regarding healthy eating and active 
                living; and
                    ``(I) to promote nutrition education and team 
                network nutrition programs in the State in which such 
                local educational agency is located, coordinate and 
                collaborate with--
                            ``(i) the team nutrition network 
                        coordinator for the State; and
                            ``(ii) community partners.
            ``(4) Nutrition coordinator requirements.--A nutrition 
        coordinator may not be appointed under this subsection unless 
        the Coordinator has a background in nutrition education, 
        dietetics, or nutrition program management.
            ``(5) Nutrition coordinator reports.--Not later than 1 year 
        after the date on which a nutrition coordinator is appointed 
        under this subsection, the nutrition coordinator shall submit 
        to the Secretary a report that includes--
                    ``(A) a plan to implement activities under this 
                section; and
                    ``(B) a review of, and plan for, coordination and 
                collaboration with nutrition education programs 
                described in paragraph (4)(E).
            ``(6) Evaluation of grant program.--Not later than January 
        1, 2019, the Secretary shall submit a report to Congress that 
        includes--
                    ``(A) the results of an evaluation of the grant 
                program established under this subsection;
                    ``(B) a review of the implementation of this 
                subsection;
                    ``(C) an assessment of local educational agencies 
                with respect to activities conducted to ensure students 
                receive nutrition education consistent with the Dietary 
                Guidelines for Americans published under section 301 of 
                the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research 
                Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5341);
                    ``(D) best practices for encouraging students to 
                participate in healthy eating and active living;
                    ``(E) an assessment of local school wellness 
                policies under section 9A of the Richard B. Russell 
                National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758b); and
                    ``(F) an assessment of school personnel and their 
                level of interaction and satisfaction with nutrition 
                coordinators.''.

Output: Nutrition Coordinators for Local Healthy Youth Act  This bill amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to establish a Department of Agriculture program to award grants to local educational agencies to appoint nutrition coordinators with a background in nutrition education, dietetics, or nutrition program management.  The responsibilities of the coordinators include:    ensuring compliance with local school wellness policies under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act,   coordinating nutrition education programs with school food service directors,   conducting training and facilitating information sharing of best practices,   working with programs that promote and motivate students to participate in school wellness activities,   coordinating and collaborating with other nutrition education programs,   providing community outreach to promote nutrient-rich foods and farm-to-school activities,   promoting regular physical activity in students,   ensuring students receive effective and consistent messages regarding healthy eating and active living, and   promoting nutrition education and team network nutrition programs in the state by coordinating and collaborating with the team nutrition network coordinator and community partners.  


Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

        This Act may be cited as the ``Gun Crime Enforcement and Second 
Amendment Restoration Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

        The Congress finds the following:
            (1) One of the primary duties of government is to protect 
        its citizens from armed violent criminals. America's cherished 
        liberty and the social and economic prosperity of its 
        communities are dependent upon government's ability to maintain 
        public safety.
            (2) Criminals, by definition, operate outside the law and 
        routinely acquire firearms when they so desire. Banning 
        specific types of firearms has no effect on the moral behavior 
        of those who choose to inflict harm on innocent citizens.
            (3) The most effective way to protect the public from gun-
        wielding violent criminals is to arrest, convict, and 
        incarcerate such predators, and to ensure that they serve 
        sentences of sufficient length to prevent them from returning 
        quickly to the streets.

SEC. 3. ARMED VIOLENT CRIMINAL APPREHENSION DIRECTIVE.

        (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General of the United States shall 
establish an armed violent criminal apprehension program consistent 
with the following requirements:
            (1) Each United States attorney shall designate at least 1 
        assistant United States attorney to prosecute armed violent 
        criminals.
            (2) Each United States attorney shall establish an armed 
        violent criminal apprehension task force comprised of 
        appropriate law enforcement representatives. The task force 
        shall develop strategies for removing armed violent criminals 
        from the streets, taking into consideration--
                    (A) the importance of severe punishment in 
                deterring armed violent crime;
                    (B) the effectiveness of Federal and State laws 
                pertaining to apprehension and prosecution of armed 
                violent criminals;
                    (C) the resources available to each law enforcement 
                agency participating in the task force;
                    (D) the nature and extent of the violent crime 
                occurring in the district for which the United States 
                attorney is appointed; and
                    (E) the principle of limited Federal involvement in 
                the prosecution of crimes traditionally prosecuted in 
                State and local jurisdictions.
            (3) Not less frequently than monthly, the Attorney General 
        shall require each United States attorney to report to the 
        Department of Justice the number of defendants charged with, or 
        convicted of, violating section 922(g) or 924 of title 18, 
        United States Code, in the district for which the United States 
        attorney is appointed.
            (4) Not less frequently than twice annually, the Attorney 
        General shall submit to the Congress a compilation of the 
        information received by the Department of Justice pursuant to 
        paragraph (3) and a report on all waivers granted under 
        subsection (b).
        (b) Waiver Authority.--
            (1) Request for waiver.--A United States attorney may 
        request the Attorney General to waive the requirements of 
        subsection (a) with respect to the United States attorney.
            (2) Provision of waiver.--The Attorney General may waive 
        the requirements of subsection (a) pursuant to a request made 
        under paragraph (1), in accordance with guidelines which shall 
        be established by the Attorney General. In establishing the 
        guidelines, the Attorney General shall take into consideration 
        the number of assistant United States attorneys in the office 
        of the United States attorney making the request and the level 
        of violent crime committed in the district for which the United 
        States attorney is appointed.
        (c) Armed Violent Criminal Defined.--As used in this section, 
the term ``armed violent criminal'' means a person who is accused of 
violating section 922(g)(1) of title 18, United States Code, having 
been previously convicted of a violent crime, or who is accused of 
violating section 924 of such title.
        (d) Sunset.--This section shall have no force or effect after 
the 5-year period that begins 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act.

SEC. 4. REPEAL OF THE PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT 
              WEAPONS AND LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES.

    (a) Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
striking subsections (v) and (w) and by striking the appendix.
    (b) Section 921(a) of such title is amended by striking paragraph 
(30).
    (c) Section 921(a)(31)(A) of such title is amended--
            (1) by striking ``manufactured after the date of enactment 
        of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994''; 
        and
            (2) by striking ``, or that can be readily restored or 
        converted to accept,''.
    (d) Section 923(i) of such title is amended by striking the last 2 
sentences.
    (e) Section 924(a)(1)(B) of such title is amended by striking 
``(r), (v), or (w)'' and inserting ``or (r)''.
    (f) Section 110104 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 
Act of 1994 (18 U.S.C. 921 note) is repealed.

SEC. 5. MANDATORY PRISON TERMS FOR POSSESSING, BRANDISHING, OR 
              DISCHARGING A FIREARM OR DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE DURING A 
              FEDERAL CRIME THAT IS A CRIME OF VIOLENCE OR A DRUG 
              TRAFFICKING CRIME.

    Section 924(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs 
        (4) and (5), respectively; and
            (2) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
    ``(1) A person who, during and in relation to any crime of violence 
or drug trafficking crime (including a crime of violence or drug 
trafficking crime which provides for an enhanced punishment if 
committed by the use of a deadly or dangerous weapon or device) for 
which the person may be prosecuted in a court of the United States--
            ``(A) possesses a firearm, shall, in addition to the 
        sentence imposed for the crime of violence or drug trafficking 
        crime, be sentenced to imprisonment for 5 years;
            ``(B) brandishes a firearm, shall, in addition to the 
        sentence imposed for the crime of violence or drug trafficking 
        crime, be sentenced to imprisonment for 10 years; or
            ``(C) discharges a firearm with the intent to injure 
        another person, shall, in addition to the sentence imposed for 
        the crime of violence or drug trafficking crime, be sentenced 
        to imprisonment for 20 years;
except that if the firearm is a short-barreled rifle or short-barreled 
shotgun, or is equipped with a large capacity ammunition feeding 
device, such additional sentence shall be imprisonment for 10 years 
more than the term of imprisonment that would otherwise be imposed 
under this paragraph, and if the firearm is a machinegun or destructive 
device or is equipped with a firearm silencer or firearm muffler, such 
additional sentence shall be imprisonment for 30 years.
    ``(2) In the case of the second or subsequent conviction of a 
person under this subsection--
            ``(A) if the person possessed a firearm during and in 
        relation to such second or subsequent crime of violence or drug 
        trafficking crime, the person shall, in addition to the 
        sentence imposed for such second or subsequent offense, be 
        sentenced to imprisonment for not less than 20 years;
            ``(B) if the person brandished a firearm during and in 
        relation to such second or subsequent crime of violence or drug 
        trafficking crime, the person shall, in addition to the 
        sentence imposed for such second or subsequent offense, be 
        sentenced to imprisonment for not less than 25 years; or
            ``(C) if the person discharged a firearm with the intent to 
        injure another person during and in relation to such second or 
        subsequent crime of violence or drug trafficking crime, the 
        person shall, in addition to the sentence imposed for such 
        second or subsequent offense, be sentenced to imprisonment for 
        not less than 30 years;
except that if the firearm is a machinegun or destructive device or is 
equipped with a firearm silencer or firearm muffler, the person shall, 
in addition to the sentence imposed for such second or subsequent 
offense, be sentenced to life imprisonment.
    ``(3)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the court 
shall not impose a probationary sentence on any person convicted of a 
violation of this subsection, nor shall a term of imprisonment imposed 
under this subsection run concurrently with any other term of 
imprisonment including that imposed for the crime of violence or drug 
trafficking crime in which the firearm was used.
    ``(B) No person sentenced under this subsection shall be released 
for any reason whatsoever during a term of imprisonment imposed under 
this subsection.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives March 22, 1996.

            Attest:

                                                ROBIN H. CARLE,

                                                                 Clerk.

Output: Gun Crime Enforcement and Second Amendment Restoration Act of 1996 - Directs the Attorney General to:  (1) establish an armed violent criminal apprehension program under which each U.S. attorney shall designate at least one assistant U.S. attorney to prosecute armed violent criminals and shall establish an armed violent criminal apprehension task force to develop strategies for removing armed violent criminals from the streets; (2) require each U.S. attorney to report to the Department of Justice (DOJ) monthly on the number of defendants charged with, or convicted of, violating specified offenses (such as possession of a firearm by an illegal alien and using or carrying a firearm during and in relation to any crime of violence or drug trafficking crime) ; and (3) submit to the Congress at least twice annually a compilation of the information received by DOJ and a report on all waivers granted under this Act. Authorizes a U.S. attorney to request, and the Attorney General to grant, a waiver of such requirements with respect to the U.S.  attorney.  Directs the Attorney General, in establishing guidelines for such a waiver, to consider the number of assistant U.S. attorneys in the requesting office and the level of violent crime committed in the district. Terminates such program after five years. (Sec. 4) Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to repeal:  (1) the ban on semiautomatic assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices; and (2) a provision of such Act directing the Attorney General to study the effect of provisions related to the ban, to determine their impact on violent and drug trafficking crime, and to report to the Congress. (Sec. 5) Provides mandatory additional prison terms of:  (1) five, ten, or 20 years, respectively, for possessing, brandishing, or discharging a firearm or destructive device during a Federal crime of violence or drug trafficking crime; and (2) 20, 25, or 30 years, respectively, for second or subsequent convictions or life imprisonment for a second or subsequent offense involving a machine gun or destructive device or a firearm equipped with a silencer or muffler.  Prohibits any person who receives such an mandatory additional sentence from being released for any reason during the imposed term of imprisonment.


Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Land 
Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act'' or ``FLAME Act''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Flame Fund for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression 
                            activities.
Sec. 3. Cohesive wildland fire management strategy.
Sec. 4. Review of certain wildfires to evaluate cost containment in 
                            wildland fire suppression activities.
Sec. 5. Reducing risk of wildfires in fire-ready communities.

SEC. 2. FLAME FUND FOR CATASTROPHIC EMERGENCY WILDLAND FIRE SUPPRESSION 
              ACTIVITIES.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Federal land.--The term ``Federal land'' means the 
        following:
                    (A) Public lands, as defined in section 103 of the 
                Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
                U.S.C. 1702).
                    (B) Units of the National Park System.
                    (C) Refuges of the National Wildlife Refuge System.
                    (D) Lands held in trust by the United States for 
                the benefit of Indian tribes or individual Indians.
                    (E) Lands in the National Forest System, as defined 
                in section 11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable 
                Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609(a)).
            (2) Flame fund.--The term ``Flame Fund'' means the Federal 
        Land Assistance, Management, and Enhancement Fund established 
        by this section.
            (3) Secretary concerned.--The term ``Secretary concerned'' 
        means--
                    (A) the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to 
                Federal land described in subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), 
                and (D) of paragraph (1); and
                    (B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to 
                National Forest System land.
            (4) Secretaries.--The term ``Secretaries'' means the 
        Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, 
        acting jointly.
    (b) Establishment and Availability of Flame Fund.--
            (1) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury of 
        the United States a fund to be known as the Federal Land 
        Assistance, Management, and Enhancement Fund.
            (2) Contents.--The Flame Fund shall consist of the 
        following amounts:
                    (A) Amounts appropriated to the Flame Fund pursuant 
                to the authorization of appropriations in subsection 
                (c).
                    (B) Amounts transferred to the Flame Fund pursuant 
                to subsection (d).
            (3) Availability.--Subject to subsection (e), amounts in 
        the Flame Fund shall be available to the Secretaries to pay the 
        costs of catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression 
        activities that are separate from amounts annually appropriated 
        to the Secretaries for the predicted annual workload for 
        wildland fire suppression activities, based on analyses of 
        historical workloads and anticipated increased workloads due to 
        changing environmental or demographic conditions.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            (1) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
        to be appropriated to the Flame Fund such funds as may be 
        necessary to carry out this section. It is the intent of 
        Congress that the amount appropriated to the Flame Fund for 
        fiscal year 2009 and each subsequent fiscal year equal the 
        average amount expended by the Secretaries for emergency 
        wildland fire suppression activities over the five fiscal years 
        preceding that fiscal year.
            (2) Sense of congress on designation of certain 
        appropriations as emergency requirement.--It is the sense of 
        Congress that the amounts appropriated to the Flame Fund that 
        are above the average of the obligations of the preceding 10 
        years for wildland fire suppression in the Forest Service and 
        the Department of the Interior, adjusted for inflation, should 
        be designated as amounts necessary to meet emergency needs, and 
        the new budget authority and outlays resulting therefrom should 
        not count for the purposes of titles III and IV of the 
        Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
            (3) Notice of insufficient funds.--The Secretaries shall 
        notify the congressional committees specified in subsection 
        (h)(2) whenever only an estimated two months worth of funding 
        remains in the Flame Fund.
    (d) Transfer of Excess Wildland Fire Suppression Amounts Into Flame 
Fund.--At the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary concerned shall 
transfer to the Flame Fund amounts appropriated to the Secretary 
concerned for wildland fire suppression activities for the fiscal year, 
but not obligated for wildland fire suppression activities before the 
end of the fiscal year.
    (e) Use of Flame Fund.--
            (1) Declaration required.--Amounts in the Flame Fund shall 
        be made available to the Secretary concerned only after the 
        Secretaries issue a declaration that a wildland fire 
        suppression activity is eligible for funding through the Flame 
        Fund.
            (2) Declaration criteria.--A declaration by the Secretaries 
        under paragraph (1) shall be based on the following criteria:
                    (A) In the case of an individual wildland fire 
                incident--
                            (i) the fire covers 300 or more acres;
                            (ii) the severity of the fire, which may be 
                        based on incident complexity or the potential 
                        for increased complexity; and
                            (iii) the threat posed by the fire, 
                        including the potential for loss of lives, 
                        property, or critical resources.
                    (B) Consistent with subsection (f), in the case of 
                a firefighting season, cumulative wildland fire 
                suppression activities, when the costs of those 
                activities for the Secretary concerned are projected to 
                exceed amounts annually appropriated.
            (3) Transfer of amounts to secretary concerned.--After 
        issuance of a declaration under paragraph (1) and upon the 
        request of the Secretary concerned, the Secretary of the 
        Treasury shall transfer from the Flame Fund to the Secretary 
        concerned such amounts as the Secretaries determine are 
        necessary for wildland fire suppression activities associated 
        with the declared suppression emergency.
            (4) State, private, and tribal land.--Use of the Flame Fund 
        for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities 
        on State and private land and, where applicable, tribal land 
        shall be consistent with existing agreements where the 
        Secretaries have agreed to assume responsibility for wildland 
        fire suppression activities on the land.
    (f) Treatment of Anticipated and Predicted Activities.--The 
Secretary concerned shall continue to fund anticipated and predicted 
wildland fire suppression activities within the appropriate agency 
budget for each fiscal year. Use of the additional funding made 
available through the Flame Fund is intended to supplement the budgeted 
and appropriated agency funding and is to be used only for purposes and 
in instances consistent with this section.
    (g) Prohibition on Other Transfers.--All amounts in the Flame Fund, 
as well as all funds appropriated for the purpose of wildland fire 
suppression on Federal land, must be obligated before the Secretary 
concerned may transfer funds from non-fire accounts for wildland fire 
suppression.
    (h) Accounting and Reports.--
            (1) Accounting and reporting system.--The Secretaries shall 
        establish an accounting and reporting system for the Flame Fund 
        compatible with existing National Fire Plan reporting 
        procedures.
            (2) Annual report.--The Secretaries shall submit to the 
        Committee on Natural Resources, the Committee on Agriculture, 
        and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
        Resources, the Committee on Indian Affairs, and the Committee 
        on Appropriations of the Senate an annual report on the use of 
        the funds from the Flame Fund, together with any 
        recommendations that the Secretaries may have to improve the 
        administrative control and oversight of the Flame Fund.
            (3) Public availability.--The annual report required by 
        paragraph (2) shall be made available to the public.

SEC. 3. COHESIVE WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY.

    (a) Strategy Required.--Not later than one year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to Congress a report that 
contains a cohesive wildland fire management strategy, consistent with 
the recommendations contained in recent Comptroller General reports 
regarding this issue.
    (b) Elements of Strategy.--The strategy required by subsection (a) 
shall address the findings of the Comptroller General in the reports 
referred to in such subsection and include the following elements:
            (1) A system to identify the most cost effective means for 
        allocating fire management budget resources.
            (2) An illustration of plans by the Secretary of the 
        Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to reinvest in non-
        fire programs.
            (3) A description of how the Secretaries will employ 
        appropriate management response.
            (4) A system for assessing the level of risk to 
        communities.
            (5) A system to ensure that the highest priority fuels 
        reduction projects are being funded first.
    (c) Notice of Prescribed Fires.--As part of the strategy required 
by subsection (a) for the Forest Service, the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall ensure that, before any prescribed fire is used on National 
Forest System land, owners of adjacent private land are notified in 
writing of the date and scope of the proposed prescribed fire.

SEC. 4. REVIEW OF CERTAIN WILDFIRES TO EVALUATE COST CONTAINMENT IN 
              WILDLAND FIRE SUPPRESSION ACTIVITIES.

    (a) Review Required.--The Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct a review, using independent 
panels, of each wildfire incident for which the Secretary concerned 
incurs expenses in excess of $10,000,000.
    (b) Report.--The Secretary concerned shall submit to the Committee 
on Natural Resources, the Committee on Agriculture, and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources, the Committee on Indian Affairs, and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate a report containing the 
results of each review conducted under subsection (a).

SEC. 5. REDUCING RISK OF WILDFIRES IN FIRE-READY COMMUNITIES.

    (a) Fire-Ready Community Defined.--In this section, the term 
``fire-ready community'' means a community that--
            (1) is located within a priority area identified pursuant 
        to subsection (b);
            (2) has a cooperative fire agreement that articulates the 
        roles and responsibilities for Federal, State and local 
        government entities in local wildfire suppression and 
        protection;
            (3) has local codes that require fire-resistant home design 
        and building materials;
            (4) has a community wildfire protection plan (as defined in 
        section 101 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 
        U.S.C. 6502)); and
            (5) is engaged in a successful collaborative process that 
        includes multiple interested persons representing diverse 
        interests and is transparent and nonexclusive, such as a 
        resource advisory committee established under section 205 of 
        the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act 
        of 2000 (Public Law 106-393; 16 U.S.C. 500 note).
    (b) Fire Risk Mapping.--As soon as is practicable after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture and the 
Secretary of the Interior (in this section referred to as the 
``Secretaries'') shall develop regional maps of communities most at 
risk of wildfire and in need of hazardous fuel treatment and 
maintenance. The maps shall identify priority areas for hazardous fuels 
reduction projects, including--
            (1) at-risk communities in fire-prone areas of the 
        wildland-urban interface (as defined in section 101 of the 
        Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6502));
            (2) watersheds and municipal drinking water sources;
            (3) emergency evacuation corridors;
            (4) electricity transmission corridors; and
            (5) low-capacity or low-income communities.
    (c) Local Wildland Firefighting Capability Grants.--
            (1) Grants available.--The Secretaries may provide cost-
        share grants to fire-ready communities to assist such 
        communities in carrying activities authorized by paragraph (2).
            (2) Eligible activities.--Grant funds may be used for the 
        following:
                    (A) Education programs to raise awareness of 
                homeowners and citizens about wildland fire protection 
                practices, including FireWise or similar programs.
                    (B) Training programs for local firefighters on 
                wildland firefighting techniques and approaches.
                    (C) Equipment acquisition to facilitate wildland 
                fire preparedness.
                    (D) Implementation of a community wildfire 
                protection plan.
    (d) Wildland Fire Cost-Share Agreements.--In developing any 
wildland fire cost-share agreement with a State Forester or equivalent 
official, the Secretaries shall, to the greatest extent possible, 
encourage the State and local communities involved to become fire-ready 
communities.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretaries to carry out this section such sums as 
may be necessary.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 9, 2008.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.


Output: Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act or FLAME Act - (Sec. 2) Establishes in the Treasury the Federal Land Assistance, Management, and Enhancement Fund (the Flame Fund).

Requires amounts in the Flame Fund to be made available to the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretaries) to pay the costs of catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities that are separate from amounts annually appropriated for the predicted annual workload for such activities.

Authorizes appropriations for the Flame Fund. States the intent of Congress with respect to the expenditure of amounts appropriated to the Fund. Expresses the sense of Congress regarding the designation of certain appropriations as amounts necessary to meet emergency needs.

Instructs the Secretaries to notify specified congressional committees whenever only an estimated two months worth of funding remains in the Fund.

Provides for the transfer of unobligated wildland fire suppression funds into the Flame Fund.

Provides for amounts in the Flame Fund to be made available to the Secretaries only after such Secretaries issue a declaration that a wildland fire suppression activity is eligible for funding through the Fund. Sets forth the criteria upon which such a declaration shall be based.

Provides for the continuation of funding for anticipated and predicted wildland fire suppression activities within appropriate agency budgets. States that use of the additional funding made available through the Flame Fund is intended to supplement the budgeted and appropriated agency funding and is to be used only for purposes and in instances consistent with this section.

Provides that, all amounts in the Flame Fund and all funds appropriated for wildland fire suppression on federal land, must be obligated before the transfer of funds from non-fire accounts for wildland fire suppression.

Directs the Secretaries to establish an accounting and reporting system for the Flame Fund compatible with existing National Fire Plan reporting procedures.

Requires the Secretaries to annually report on the use of the funds from the Flame Fund, together with recommendations that the Secretaries may have to improve administrative control and oversight of the Fund. Requires such report to be made available to the public.

(Sec. 3) Requires the Secretaries to submit a report that contains a cohesive wildland fire management strategy, consistent with the recommendations of the Comptroller General.

Sets forth the elements of the strategy. Includes a system for ensuring that the highest priority fuels reduction projects are being funded first.

Ensures that owners of adjacent private land are notified before any prescribed fire is used on National Forest System land.

(Sec. 4) Directs the Secretaries to conduct a review, using independent panels, of each wild fire incident that incurs expenses exceeding $10 million, and to submit a report containing the results of each review conducted.

(Sec. 5) Directs the Secretaries to develop regional maps of communities most at risk of wildfire and in need of hazardous fuel treatment and maintenance.

Requires such maps to identify priority areas for hazardous fuels reduction projects, including: (1) at-risk communities in fire-prone areas of the wildland-urban interface; (2) watersheds and municipal drinking water sources; (3) emergency evacuation corridors; (4) electricity transmission corridors; and (5) low-capacity or low-income communities.

Authorizes the Secretaries to provide cost-share grants to fire-ready communities which may be used for: (1) education programs to raise awareness of homeowners and citizens about wildland fire protection practices, including FireWise or other similar programs; (2) training programs for local firefighters on wildland firefighting techniques and approaches; (3) equipment acquisition to facilitate wildland fire preparedness; and (4) implementation of a community wildfire protection plan.

Instructs the Secretaries, in developing any wildland fire cost-share agreement with a state forester or equivalent official, to encourage the state and local communities involved to become fire-ready communities.

Authorizes appropriations to carry out this section.