US Congress Senate Bill 561 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-3)
Status: Introduced on March 10 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-07-21 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act or FLAME Act - Establishes in the Treasury the Federal Land Assistance, Management, and Enhancement Fund (Flame Fund). Requires amounts in the Flame Fund to be made available to the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretaries) to pay the costs of catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities that are separate from amounts annually appropriated for the predicted annual workload for such activities. Makes amounts in the Flame Fund available to the Secretaries only after such Secretaries issue a declaration that a wildland fire suppression activity is eligible for funding through the Fund. Directs such Secretaries to establish an accounting and reporting system for the Flame Fund.Requires such Secretaries to: (1) report annually to Congress on the use of the funds from the Flame Fund, together with recommendations to improve administrative control and oversight of the Fund; and (2) submit a report to Congress that contains a cohesive wildland fire management strategy, consistent with the recommendations of Comptroller General reports. Requires the Secretaries to conduct a review of wildfires for which expenses exceeding $10 million were incurred. Authorizes the Secretaries to make grants to fire-ready communities, as defined by this Act, to carry out activities to reduce risks from wildfires.

Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act

Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D-NM]	Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]	Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]
Sen. Orrin Hatch [R-UT]	Sen. Tim Johnson [D-SD]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]
Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. John Thune [R-SD]
Sen. Mark Udall [D-CO]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-07-21		Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
2009-03-10		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

HB1404 (Same As) 2009-07-21 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/561/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s561/BILLS-111s561is.pdf