,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aicb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #e1   
#bjag,mr4 ,bennet 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,crapo1 ,mr4 ,tester1 ,mr4 ,risch1 and  
,mr4 ,wyden7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security
 and ,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  
,to amend the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford     
,disaster ,relief and ,emergency        
,assistance ,act to provide for certain 
wildfire mitigation assistance4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,wildfire ,mitigation ,assistance   
,act4  #b4 ,wildfire mitigation         
assistance  7a7 ,in ,general ,section   
#dbj of the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford       
,disaster ,relief and ,emergency        
,assistance ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eahg7  
is amended--  7#a7 by redesignating     
subsection 7d7 as subsection 7e72 and   
7#b7 by inserting after subsection 7c7  
the following3  7d7 ,hazard ,mitigation 
,assistance  7#a7 ,in general ,whether  

or not a major disaster is declared1 the
 ,president may provide hazard          
mitigation assistance in accordance with
 section #djd in any area or related    
area affected by a fire for which       
assistance was provided under this      
section4  7#b7 ,minimum amount          
,notwithstanding section #djd7;a71 the  
,president may establish a minimum      
amount of hazard mitigation assistance  
to be provided for a wildfire or fire   
complex under this subsection4  4  7b7  
,conforming ,amendments ,the ,robert ,t4
 ,stafford ,disaster ,relief and        
,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #eaba et seq47 is amended--   
7#a7 in section #djd7;a7 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 
#eagj;c7a77-- 7,a7 by inserting before  
the first period 1 or any area in which 
assistance was provided under section   
#dbj2 and  7,b7 in the third sentence1  
by inserting or event under section #dbj
 after major disaster each place that   
term appears2 and  7#b7 in section      
#cbb7;e77#a7 7#db ,u4,s4,c4             

#eafe7;e77#a771 by inserting or event   
under section #dbj after major disaster 
each place that term appears4  7c7      
,reporting requirement ,not later than  
#a year after the date of enactment of  
this ,act and annually thereafter1 the  
,administrator of the ,federal          
,emergency ,management ,agency shall    
submit to the ,committee on ,homeland   
,security and ,governmental ,affairs of 
the ,senate1 the ,committee on          
,transportation and ,infrastructure of  
the ,house of ,representatives1 and the 
,appropriations ,committees of the      
,senate and the ,house of               
,representatives a report containing a  
summary of any projects carried out1 and
 any funding provided to those projects1
 under subsection 7d7 of section #dbj of
 the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster    
,relief and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eahg7 7as amended by    
section #b7;a77#b774