Sec. 101. Findings
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Congress finds that— over the past 2 decades, wildfires have increased dramatically in size and costs; existing budget mechanisms for estimating the costs of wildfire suppression are not keeping pace with the actual costs for wildfire suppression due in part to improper budget estimation methodology; the FLAME Funds have not been adequate in supplementing wildland fire management funds in cases in which wildland fire management accounts are exhausted; and the practice of transferring funds from other agency funds (including the hazardous fuels treatment accounts) by the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior to pay for wildfire suppression activities, commonly known as fire-borrowing , does not support the missions of the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior with respect to protecting human life and property from the threat of wildfires.