Sec. 501. Wildfire disaster funding authority
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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— in clause (i)— in subclause (I), by striking and at the end and inserting plus ; in subclause (II), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; less ; and by adding the following: the additional new budget authority provided in an appropriation Act for wildfire suppression operations pursuant to subparagraph
(E)for the preceding fiscal year. ; and by adding at the end the following: 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. . 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: In this subparagraph: The term additional new budget authority means the amount provided for a fiscal year in an appropriation Act that is— in excess of 100 percent of the average costs for wildfire suppression operations over the previous 10 years; and specified to pay for the costs of wildfire suppression operations. The term wildfire suppression operations means the emergency and unpredictable aspects of wildland firefighting, including— support, response, and emergency stabilization activities; other emergency management activities; and the funds necessary to repay any transfers needed for the costs of wildfire suppression operations. 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— for fiscal year 2016, $1,460,000,000 in additional new budget authority; for fiscal year 2017, $1,557,000,000 in additional new budget authority; for fiscal year 2018, $1,778,000,000 in additional new budget authority; for fiscal year 2019, $2,030,000,000 in additional new budget authority; for fiscal year 2020, $2,319,000,000 in additional new budget authority; and for fiscal year 2021, $2,650,000,000 in additional new budget authority. 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. .
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Wildfire disaster funding authority
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