,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bce  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,january #bb1 #bjae 
,mr4 ,wyden 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,crapo1  
,ms4 ,cantwell1 ,mr4 ,risch1 ,mr4       
,bennet1 ,mr4 ,gardner1 ,ms4 ,baldwin1  
and ,mr4 ,daines7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,budget  ,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 #bjae4  #b4 
,wildfire disaster funding authority    
7a7 ,in general ,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--    
7,i7 for fiscal year #bjaf1             
#a1daj1jjj1jjj in additional new budget 
authority2  7,,ii7 for fiscal year      
#bjag1 #a1dfj1jjj1jjj in additional new 
budget authority2  7,,iii7 for fiscal   
year #bjah1 #a1efj1jjj1jjj in additional
 new budget authority2  7,,iv7 for      
fiscal year #bjai1 #a1ghj1jjj1jjj in    
additional new budget authority2  7,v7  
for fiscal year #bjbj #b1jcj1jjj1jjj in 
additional new budget authority2  7,,vi7
 for fiscal year #bjba1 #b1cbj1jjj1jjj  
in additional new budget authority2     
7,,vii7 for fiscal year #bjbb1          
#b1fej1jjj1jjj in additional new budget 
authority2  7,,viii7 for fiscal year    
#bjbc1 #b1fij1jjj1jjj in additional new 

budget authority2  7,,ix7 for fiscal    
year #bjbd1 #b1fij1jjj1jjj in additional
 new budget authority2 and  7,x7 for    
fiscal year #bjbe1 #b1fij1jjj1jjj in    
additional new budget authority4  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 #bjah and in subsequent  
fiscal years1 the calculation of the    
average funding provided for disaster   
relief over the previous #aj years shall
 include the additional new budget      

authority provided in an appropriation  
,act for wildfire suppression operations
 pursuant to subparagraph 7,e7 for the  
preceding fiscal year4  4  7c7          
,reporting requirements ,if the         
,secretary of the ,interior or the      
,secretary of ,agriculture determines   
that supplemental appropriations are    
necessary for a fiscal year for wildfire
 suppression operations1 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 by not later
 than #cj days after the date on which  
the amounts are made available4