S.Amdt. 3258

SA 3258. Mr. LUJAN 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 (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
(2) 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 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.'';

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(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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