S.Amdt. 2320

1. Adds SEC. 6_____. WILDFIRE DISASTER FUNDING at the end of division F

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   Inserted: SEC. 6_____. WILDFIRE DISASTER FUNDING.

   Inserted: (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--

   Inserted: (1) in clause (i)--

   Inserted: (A) in subclause (I), by striking "and" at the end and inserting "plus";

   Inserted: (B) in subclause (II), by striking the period at the end and inserting "; less"; and

   Inserted: (C) by adding the following:

   Inserted: "(III) the additional new budget authority provided in an appropriation Act for wildfire suppression operations pursuant to subparagraph (E) for the preceding fiscal year."; and

   Inserted: (2) by adding at the end the following:

   Inserted: "(v) Beginning in fiscal year 2018, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the calculation of the 'average funding provided for disaster relief over the previous 10 years' shall include, for each year within that average, the additional new budget authority provided in an appropriation Act for wildfire suppression operations pursuant to subparagraph (E) for the preceding fiscal year.".

   Inserted: (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:

   Inserted: "(E) Wildfire suppression.--

   Inserted: "(i) Definitions.--In this subparagraph:

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   Inserted: "(I) Additional new budget authority.--The term 'additional new budget authority' means the amount provided for a fiscal year in an appropriation Act that is--

   Inserted: "(aa) in excess of 100 percent of the average costs for wildfire suppression operations over the previous 10 years; and

   Inserted: "(bb) specified to pay for the costs of wildfire suppression operations.

   Inserted: "(II) Wildfire suppression operations.--The term 'wildfire suppression operations' means the emergency and unpredictable aspects of wildland firefighting, including--

   Inserted: "(aa) support, response, and emergency stabilization activities;

   Inserted: "(bb) other emergency management activities; and

   Inserted: "(cc) the funds necessary to repay any transfers needed for the costs of wildfire suppression operations.

   Inserted: "(ii) Additional new budget authority.--If a bill or joint resolution making appropriations for a fiscal year is enacted that specifies an amount for wildfire suppression operations in the Wildland Fire Management accounts at the Department of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior, then 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 fiscal year, but shall not exceed--

   Inserted: "(I) for fiscal year 2016, $1,460,000,000 in additional new budget authority;

   Inserted: "(II) for fiscal year 2017, $1,557,000,000 in additional new budget authority;

   Inserted: "(III) for fiscal year 2018, $1,778,000,000 in additional new budget authority;

   Inserted: "(IV) for fiscal year 2019, $2,030,000,000 in additional new budget authority;

   Inserted: "(V) for fiscal year 2020, $2,319,000,000 in additional new budget authority; and

   Inserted: "(VI) for fiscal year 2021, $2,650,000,000 in additional new budget authority.

   Inserted: "(iii) Average cost calculation.--The average costs for wildfire suppression operations over the previous 10 years shall be calculated annually and reported in the budget of the President submitted under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, for each fiscal year.".

   Inserted: (c) Reporting Requirements.--

   Inserted: (1) Supplemental appropriations.--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, a request for the supplemental appropriations shall promptly be submitted to Congress.

   Inserted: (2) Notice of need for additional funds.--Prior to the obligation of any of the additional new budget authority for wildfire suppression operations specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(E)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(E)(ii)), the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, as applicable, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations and the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Appropriations and the Budget of the Senate written notification that describes--

   Inserted: (A) that the amount for wildfire suppression operations to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(E) of that Act for that fiscal year will be exhausted imminently; and

   Inserted: (B) the need for additional new budget authority for wildfire suppression operations.

   Inserted: (3) Accounting, reports and accountability.--

   Inserted: (A) Accounting and reporting requirements.--For each fiscal year, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall account for and report on the amounts used from the additional new budget authority for wildfire suppression operations provided to the Secretary of the Interior or Secretary of Agriculture, as applicable, in an appropriations Act pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(E)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(E)(ii)).

   Inserted: (B) Annual report.--

   Inserted: (i) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the end of the fiscal year for which additional new budget authority is used, pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(E)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(E)(ii)), the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, as applicable, shall--

   Inserted: (I) prepare an annual report with respect to the additional new budget authority;

   Inserted: (II) submit to the Committees on Appropriations, the Budget, and Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Appropriations, the Budget, and Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate the annual report prepared under subclause (I); and

   Inserted: (III) make the report prepared under subclause (I) available to the public.

   Inserted: (ii) Components.--The annual report prepared under clause (i) shall--

   Inserted: (I) document risk-based factors that influenced management decisions with respect to wildfire suppression operations;

   Inserted: (II) analyze a statistically significant sample of large fires, including an analysis for each fire of--

   Inserted: (aa) cost drivers;

   Inserted: (bb) the effectiveness of risk management techniques and whether fire operations strategy tracked the risk assessment;

   Inserted: (cc) any resulting ecological or other benefits to the landscape;

   Inserted: (dd) the impact of investments in wildfire suppression operations preparedness;

   Inserted: (ee) effectiveness of wildfire suppression operations, including an analysis of resources lost versus dollars invested;

   Inserted: (ff) effectiveness of any fuel treatments on fire behavior and suppression expenditures;

   Inserted: (gg) suggested corrective actions; and

   Inserted: (hh) any other factors the Secretary of the Interior or Secretary of Agriculture determines to be appropriate;

   Inserted: (III) include an accounting of overall fire management and spending by the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture, which shall be analyzed by fire size, cost, regional location, and other factors;

   Inserted: (IV) describe any lessons learned in the conduct of wildfire suppression operations; and

   Inserted: (V) include any other elements that the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture determines to be necessary.

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   At the end of division F, add the following:

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