US Congress Senate Bill 1842 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-4)
Status: Introduced on September 19 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-09-19 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Pending: Senate Budget Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Wildfire Disaster Funding Act This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to require specified adjustments to discretionary spending limits in FY2017-FY2026 to accommodate appropriations for wildfire suppression operations in the Wildland Fire Management accounts at the Department of Agriculture (USDA) or the Department of the Interior. If USDA or Interior determines that supplemental appropriations are necessary for wildfire suppression operations, the bill requires the relevant department to submit to Congress a request for the funding and a plan for obligating the funds. The bill also requires the President's budget to include the average costs for wildfire suppression over the previous 10 years.

Wildfire Disaster Funding Act

Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. James Risch [R-ID]
Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]	Sen. Orrin Hatch [R-UT]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Cory Gardner [R-CO]
Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-09-19	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.

HB2862 (Same As) 2017-06-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1842/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s1842/BILLS-115s1842is.pdf