,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ahad  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #ab1     
#bjai ,mr4 ,merkley 7for himself 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 authorize the ,president to declare 
a smoke emergency1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,wildfire ,smoke    
,emergency ,declaration ,act of #bjai4  
#b4 ,assistance for smoke emergency     
declaration  7a7 ,in general ,the       
,president may declare a smoke emergency
 in any ,state in which the ,president  
determines there is1 or anticipates     
there will be1 a significant decrease in
 air quality due to wildland fire smoke 
in one or more ,states4  7b7 ,request   
from ,governor ,the ,governor1 or other 
appropriate agency1 of a ,state that is 
or will be affected by a significant    
decrease in air quality due to wildland 

fire smoke may request a declaration    
under subsection 7a74  7c7 ,assistance  
,if the ,president declares a smoke     
emergency under subsection 7a71 the     
,president1 acting through the ,federal 
,emergency ,management ,agency and other
 appropriate ,federal agencies1 may     
provide smoke emergency assistance to   
,states and local communities that are  
or will be affected by the smoke        
emergency1 including grants1 equipment1 
supplies1 and personnel and resources   
for establishing smoke shelters1 air    
purifiers1 and additional air monitoring
 sites4  7d7 ,,sba grants ,the          
,administrator of the ,small ,business  
,administration may provide grants to   
any small business concern1 as defined  
in section #c of the ,small ,business   
,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcb71 that loses a 
significant amount of revenue due to    
wildland fire smoke in an area in which 
the ,president has declared a smoke     
emergency under subsection 7a74  7e7    
,authorization of appropriations ,there 

are authorized to be appropriated such  
sums as may be necessary to carry out   
this ,act4  #c4 ,budget adjustment for  
smoke emergency assistance ,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,g7 ,smoke emergency       
assistance  7i7 ,if1 for any fiscal     
year1 appropriations for discretionary  
accounts are enacted that ,congress     
designates as being for smoke emergency 
assistance in statute1 the adjustment   
for a fiscal year shall be the total of 
such appropriations for the fiscal year 
in discretionary accounts designated as 
being for smoke emergency assistance4   
7ii7 ,for purposes of this subparagraph1
 the term smoke emergency assistance    
means assistance provided under a       
determination under section #b of the   
,wildfire ,smoke ,emergency ,declaration
 ,act of #bjai4  7iii7 ,appropriations  
considered smoke emergency assistance   

under this subparagraph in a fiscal year
 shall not be eligible for adjustments  
under subparagraph 7,a7 for the fiscal  
year4  4