HR 167 114th Congress House Emergency Management Appropriations Budget deficits and national debt Congressional oversight Department of Agriculture Department of the Interior Disaster relief and insurance Executive agency funding and structure Fires Forests, forestry, trees

Wildfire Disaster Funding Act

Introduced: January 6, 2015 Introduced by: Simpson, Michael K. Republican · Idaho See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Mar 2, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

Jan 26, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

Jan 6, 2015

Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Jan 6, 2015

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 FY2015-FY2022 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.

What's happening now March 2, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

Committees of jurisdiction 5

Agriculture Committee
House of Representatives
Budget Committee
House of Representatives
Federal Lands Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Natural Resources Committee
Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Agriculture Committee
Natural Resources Committee
House of Representatives