,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ibdc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #aj1 #bjbf,mr4 
,harder of ,california introduced the   
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,transportation and   
,infrastructure1 and in addition to the 
,committees on ,small ,business1 and the
 ,budget1 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 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  
#bjbf4  #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 #a 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,h7 ,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 #bjbf4  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