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SECTION 1. CONSENT OF CONGRESS.

(a) In General.--The consent and approval of Congress is given to
an interstate forest fire protection compact, as set out in subsection
(b).
(b) Compact.--The compact reads substantially as follows:

''THE GREAT PLAINS WILDLAND FIRE PROTECTION AGREEMENT

''THIS AGREEMENT is entered into by and between the State,
Provincial and Territorial wildland fire protection agencies signatory
hereto, hereinafter referred to as 'Members'.
''FOR, AND IN CONSIDERATION OF the following terms and conditions,
the Members agree:

''ARTICLE I

''The purpose of this compact is to promote effective prevention
and control of forest fires in the Great Plains region of the United
States by the maintenance of adequate forest fire fighting services by
the member states, and by providing for reciprocal aid in fighting
forest fires among the compacting states of the region, including South
Dakota, North Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, and any adjoining sate of a
current member state.

''ARTICLE II

''This compact is operative immediately as to those states
ratifying it if any two or more of the member states have ratified it.

''ARTICLE III

''In each state, the state forester or officer holding the
equivalent position who is responsible for forest fire control may act
as compact administrator for that state and may consult with like
officials of the other member states and may implement cooperation
between the states in forest fire prevention and control. The compact
administrators of the member states may organize to coordinate the
services of the member states and provide administrative integration in
carrying out the purposes of this compact. Each member state may
formulate and put in effect a forest fire plan for that state.

''ARTICLE IV

''If the state forest fire control agency of a member state
requests aid from the state forest fire control agency of any other
member state in combating, controlling, or preventing forest fires, the
state forest fire control agency of that state may render all possible
aid to the requesting agency, consonant with the maintenance of
protection at home.

''ARTICLE V

''If the forces of any member state are rendering outside aid
pursuant to the request of another member state under this compact, the
employees of the state shall, under the direction of the officers of
the state to which they are rendering aid, have the same powers (except
the power of arrest), duties, rights, privileges, and immunities as
comparable employees of the state to which they are rendering aid.
''No member state or its officers or employees rendering outside
aid pursuant to this compact is liable on account of any act or
omission on the part of such forces while so engaged, or on account of
the maintenance or use of any equipment or supplies in connection with
rendering the outside aid.
''All liability, except as otherwise provided in this compact, that
may arise either under the laws of the requesting state or under the
laws of the aiding state or under the laws of a third state on account
of or in connection with a request for aid, shall be assumed and borne
by the requesting state.
''Any member state rendering outside and pursuant to this compact
shall be reimbursed by the member state receiving the aid for any loss
or damage to, or expense incurred in the operation of any equipment
answering a request for aid, and for the cost of all materials,
transportation, wages, salaries, and maintenance of employees and
equipment incurred in connection with such request. However, nothing in
this compact prevents any assisting member state from assuming such
loss, damage, expense, or other cost or from loaning such equipment or
from donating such services to the receiving member state without
charge or cost.
''Each member state shall assure that workers compensation benefits
in conformity with the minimum legal requirements of the state are
available to all employees and contract firefighters sent to a
requesting state pursuant to this compact.
''For the purposes of this compact the term, employee, includes any
volunteer or auxiliary legally included within the forest fire fighting
forces of the aiding state under the laws of the aiding state.
''The compact administrators may formulate procedures for claims
and reimbursement under the provisions of this article, in accordance
with the laws of the member states.

''ARTICLE VI

''Ratification of this compact does not affect any existing statute
so as to authorize or permit curtailment or diminution of the forest
fighting forces, equipment, services, or facilities of any member
state.
''Nothing in this compact authorizes or permits any member state to
curtail or diminish its forest fire fighting forces, equipment,
services, or facilities. Each member state shall maintain adequate
forest fighting forces and equipment to meet demands for forest fire
protection within its borders in the same manner and to the same extent
as if this compact were not operative.
''Nothing in this compact limits or restricts the powers of any
state ratifying the compact to provide for the prevention, control, and
extinguishment of forest fires, or to prohibit the enactment or
enforcement of state laws, rules, or regulations intended to aid in the
prevention, control, and extinguishment in the state.
''Nothing in this compact affects any existing or future
cooperative relationship or arrangement between the United States
Forest Service and a member state or states.

''ARTICLE VII

''Representatives of the United States Forest Service may attend
meetings of the compact administrators.

''ARTICLE VIII

''The provisions of Articles IV and V of this compact that relate
to reciprocal aid in combating, controlling, or preventing forest fires
are operative as between any state party to this compact and any other
state which is party to this compact and any other state that is party
to a regional forest fire protection compact in another region if the
Legislature of the other state has given its assent to the mutual aid
provisions of this compact.

''ARTICLE IX

''This compact shall continue in force and remain binding on each
state ratifying it until the Legislature or the Governor of the state
takes action to withdraw from the compact. Such action in not effective
until six months after notice of the withdrawal has been sent by the
chief executive of the state desiring to withdraw to the chief
executives of all states then parties to the compact.''.
Grants the consent and approval of Congress to the interstate forest fire protection compact for the Great Plains region of the United States set forth in this Act.