S.Amdt. 2296

SA 2296. Mr. LUJAN (for himself and Mr. Heinrich) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. HERMIT'S PEAK/CALF CANYON CLAIMS EXTENSION.

Section 104 of the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire
Assistance Act (Public Law 117-180; 136 Stat. 2170) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:
``(5) Temporary personnel.--
``(A) In general.--The Administrator may appoint temporary
personnel, after serving continuously for 3 years to
positions in the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the
same manner that competitive service employees with
competitive status are considered for transfer, reassignment,
or promotion to such positions.
``(B) Career-conditional employee.--An individual appointed
under subparagraph (A) shall become a career-conditional
employee, unless the employee has already completed the
service requirements for career tenure.'';
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ``Not later than 2 years
after the date on which regulations are first promulgated
under subsection (f)'' and inserting ``Not later than
December 31, 2026''; and
(3) in subsection (d)(4)(C)--
(A) in clause (vii), by striking ``the date that is 3 years
after the date on which the regulations under subsection (f)
are first promulgated'' and inserting ``December 31, 2030'';
(B) by amending clause (viii) to read as follows:
``(viii) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a
premium for flood insurance that is required to be paid on or
before December 31, 2026, if--

``(I) as a result of the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire, a
person that was not required

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to purchase flood insurance before the Hermit's Peak/Calf
Canyon Fire is required to purchase flood insurance; or
``(II) a person did not maintain flood insurance before the
Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire but purchased flood insurance
after the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire due to fear of
heightened flood risk.'';

(C) by redesgnating clause (x) as clause (xi); and
(D) by inserting after clause (ix) the following:

``(x) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(B), costs incurred not
later than December 31, 2030 of reasonable efforts, as
determined by the Administrator, by the State of New Mexico
to design, construct, and operate a center with the purpose
of researching, developing and generating native seedlings to
successfully regenerate forests destroyed by the Hermit's
Peak/Calf Canyon Fire with native species.''.
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