,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ddc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #f        
7legislative day1 ,february #e71        
#bjbe,mr4 ,peters 7for himself and ,mr4 
,rounds7 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 allow ,indian tribal
 governments to directly request fire   
management assistance declarations and  
grants1 and for other purposes4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,fire ,management ,assistance       
,grants for ,tribal ,governments ,act4  
#b4 ,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 ,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  7#b7 ,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#c7 ,contents ,in issuing the          
regulations required under paragraph    
7#b71 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