,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cieg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ab1 #bjbe,ms4 
,davids of ,kansas 7for herself and ,mr4
 ,johnson of ,south ,dakota7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,transportation and
 ,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend  
the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster     
,relief and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 
to authorize the ,president to provide  
certain fire management assistance to   
,indian ,tribal ,governments1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,indian tribal     
government eligibility  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 in   
subsection 7a71 by inserting 1 ,indian  
,tribal ,government1 before or local    
government2  7#b7 by redesignating      
subsections 7b7 through 7e7 as          
subsections 7c7 through 7f71            
respectively2  7#c7 by inserting after  

subsection 7a7 the following3  7b7      
,procedure for request ,the ,governor of
 a ,state or the ,chief ,executive of an
 ,indian ,tribal ,government affected by
 a fire described in subsection 7a7 may 
directly submit a request to authorize  
assistance under this section4  2 and   
7#d7 by adding at the end the following3
  7g7 ,savings provision ,nothing in    
this section shall prohibit an ,indian  
,tribal ,government from receiving      
assistance under this section pursuant  
to an authorization made at the request 
of a ,state under subsection 7b7 if     
assistance is not authorized under this 
section for the same incident based on a
 request by the ,indian ,tribal         
,government under subsection 7b74  4    
7b7 ,regulations  7#a7 ,update ,not     
later than #a year after the date of    
enactment of this ,act1 the ,president  
shall issue regulations updating part   
#bjd of title #dd1 ,code of ,federal    
,regulations1 to carry out the          
amendments made by subsection 7a74  7#b7

 ,contents ,in issuing the regulations  
required under paragraph 7#a71 the      
,president shall-- 7,a7 authorize the   
,federal ,emergency ,management ,agency 
to directly receive a request for a fire
 management assistance declaration from 
an ,indian ,tribal ,government and      
directly provide related grants and     
resources to ,indian ,tribal            
,governments2  7,b7 clarify that ,indian
 ,tribal ,governments for which the     
,president does not grant a request     
described in subparagraph 7,a7 remain   
eligible to receive assistance under    
section #dbj of the ,robert ,t4         
,stafford ,disaster ,relief and         
,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #eahg7 through assistance     
granted under a fire management         
assistance declaration made at the      
request of a ,state2  7,c7 consider the 
unique conditions that affect the       
general welfare of ,indian ,tribal      
,governments2 and  7,d7 enter into      
government-to-government consultation   

with ,indian ,tribal ,governments       
regarding the regulations4  7#c7 ,fire  
management assistance declaration       
defined ,in this subsection1 the term   
fire management assistance declaration  
means a declaration approved under      
section #bjd4ba7;a7 of title #dd1 ,code 
of ,federal ,regulations4