Sec. 504.
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Amounts made available in an annual appropriations Act for wildfire suppression operations to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(E) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ( 2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(E) ) for a fiscal year that are not expended for that fiscal year may be available to the Secretary concerned for wildfire risk reduction projects in accordance with subsection (b). In providing amounts made available to the Secretary concerned under subsection (a), the Secretary concerned shall give priority to projects that are— conducted in areas that— are within or adjacent to— at-risk communities (as defined in section 204(b)(1)); or high-value watersheds; have very high wildfire hazard potential; and are in Fire Regime Group I, II, or III; and designed to achieve 1 or more of the goals established in the report of the Secretaries entitled The National Strategy: the Final Phase of the Development of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy and dated April 2014— to create fire-adapted communities; to restore and maintain resilient landscapes; and to achieve safe, effective fire response.
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(a)may only be available for wildfire risk reduction projects if no 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) ) has been obligated for a fiscal year; and Once an amount is made available for wildfire risk reduction projects for a fiscal year, no additional new budget authority for wildfire suppression operations specified for that purpose by that Act may be obligated thereafter for that fiscal year. The Secretary concerned shall submit with the annual budget of the United States submitted by the President under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, a list of projects to be implemented using amounts made available to the Secretary concerned under subsection (a).
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