,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ciib  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #e1        
#bjad,mr4 ,simpson 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,schrader7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,budget1 and in       
addition to the ,committees on          
,agriculture and ,natural ,resources1   
for a period to be subsequently         
determined by the ,speaker1 in each case
 for consideration of such provisions as
 fall within the jurisdiction of the    
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
provide for wildfire suppression        
operations1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,wildfire ,disaster ,funding ,act  
of #bjad4  #b4 ,wildfire disaster       
funding authority  7a7 ,adjustments to  
discretionary spending limits ,section  
#bea7;b77#b7 of the ,balanced ,budget   
and ,emergency ,deficit ,control ,act of
 #aihe 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #ija7;b77#b77 is   
amended by adding at the end the        

following3  7,e7 ,flame wildfire        
suppression  7i7 ,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 ,interior1 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 year1 but    
shall not exceed #b1fhi1jjj1jjj in      
additional new budget authority in each 
of fiscal years #bjad through #bjba4    
7ii7 ,as used in this subparagraph--    
7,i7 the term additional new budget     
authority means the amount provided for 
a fiscal year1 in excess of #gj percent 
of the average costs for wildfire       
suppression operations over the previous
 #aj years1 in an appropriation ,act and
 specified to pay for the costs of      
wildfire suppression operations2 and    

7,,ii7 the term wildfire suppression    
operations means the emergency and      
unpredictable aspects of wildland       
firefighting including support1         
response1 and emergency stabilization   
activities2 other emergency management  
activities2 and funds necessary to repay
 any transfers needed for these costs4  
7iii7 ,the average costs for wildfire   
suppression operations over the previous
 #aj years shall be calculated annually 
and reported in the ,president's ,budget
 submission under section #aaje7;a7 of  
title #ca1 ,united ,states ,code1 for   
each fiscal year4  4  7b7 ,disaster     
funding ,section #bea7;b77#b77;,d7 of   
the ,balanced ,budget and ,emergency    
,deficit ,control ,act of #aihe 7#b     
,u4,s4,c4 #ija7;b77#b77;,d77 is         
amended-- 7#a7 in clause 7i7-- 7,a7 in  
subclause 7,i71 by striking and and     
inserting plus2  7,b7 in subclause      
7,,ii71 by striking the period and      
inserting 2 less2 and  7,c7 by adding   
the following3  7,,iii7 the additional  

new budget authority provided in an     
appropriation ,act for wildfire         
suppression operations pursuant to      
subparagraph 7,e7 for the preceding     
fiscal year4  2 and  7#b7 by adding at  
the end the following3  7v7 ,beginning  
in fiscal year #bjaf and in subsequent  
fiscal years1 the calculation of the    
average funding provided for disaster   
relief over the previous #aj years under
 clause 7i77,i7 shall include any       
additional new budget authority provided
 in an appropriation ,act for wildfire  
suppression operations pursuant to      
subparagraph 7,e74  4  #c4 ,prompt      
requests for supplemental appropriations
 for ,department of the ,interior and   
,department of ,agriculture wildfire    
suppression operations ,if the          
,secretary of the ,interior or the      
,secretary of ,agriculture determines   
that supplemental appropriations are    
necessary for a fiscal year for wildfire
 suppression operations 7as defined in  
section #bea7;b77#b77;,e7 of the        

,balanced ,budget and ,emergency        
,deficit ,control ,act of #aihe 7#b     
,u4,s4,c4 #ija7;b77#b77;,e7771 such     
,secretary shall promptly submit to     
,congress-- 7#a7 a request for such     
supplemental appropriations2 and  7#b7 a
 plan detailing the manner in which such
 ,secretary intends to obligate the     
supplemental appropriations within #cj  
days after the date on which such       
supplemental appropriations are made    
available4