,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #acc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,january #af1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,padilla 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,sullivan1 and ,mr4 ,sheehy7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to modify the fire
 management assistance cost share1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,fire    
,suppression and ,response ,funding     
,assurance ,act4  #b4 ,fire management  
assistance cost share  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 7e7 as         
subsection 7f72 and  7#b7 by inserting  
after subsection 7d7 the following3  7e7
 ,federal share ,the ,federal share of  
assistance under this section shall be  
not less than #ge percent of the        

eligible cost of such assistance4  4    
7b7 ,applicability ,the amendments made 
by subsection 7a7 shall only apply to   
amounts appropriated on or after the    
date of enactment of this ,act4  #c4    
,rulemaking ,not later than #c years    
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 the ,president1 acting through the
 ,administrator of the ,federal         
,emergency ,management ,agency1 shall   
conduct and complete a rulemaking to    
provide criteria for the circumstances  
under which the ,administrator may      
recommend the ,president increase the   
,federal cost share for section #dbj of 
the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster     
,relief and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eahg74  #d4 ,policy     
update ,the ,administrator of the       
,federal ,emergency ,management ,agency 
shall update the policy for grants made 
under section #dbj of the ,robert ,t4   
,stafford ,disaster ,relief and         
,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #eahg71 consistent with       

assistance provided under a major       
disaster and emergency declaration under
 that ,act1 to provide that             
predeployment of domestic assets by     
,states1 local1 and ,tribal governments 
may be eligible for reimbursement under 
such section #dbj4