3.0.0 508 2023-01-11T13:28:19Z 2023-01-11T13:28:19Z Senate S 2015-02-12 114 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-02-12T21:31:07Z 2015-02-12 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2015-02-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY N F000444 Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] JEFF FLAKE R AZ 2015-02-12 True B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY 2015-02-12 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Administrative remedies Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration Appropriations Congressional oversight Department of Agriculture Disaster relief and insurance Emergency planning and evacuation Endangered and threatened species Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Fires Forests, forestry, trees Government trust funds Land use and conservation Performance measurement Public contracts and procurement State and local finance Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2015-02-12 Introduced in Senate 2015-08-27T16:35:33Z FLAME Act Amendments of 2015

Amends the FLAME Act of 2009 to revise how the FLAME Funds for the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) are funded.

Makes amounts appropriated to a FLAME Fund available to USDA or Interior for wildfire suppression operations if the department concerned notifies the relevant congressional committees that a wildfire suppression event is eligible for funding from the FLAME Fund.

Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to require certain adjustments to discretionary spending limits to accommodate appropriations for wildfire suppression operations in the Wildland Fire Management accounts at USDA or Interior.

Requires adjustments for fire suppression to be made if all amounts in the FLAME Fund established under the FLAME Act of 2009 have been expended and other specified conditions are met.

Amends existing disaster funding adjustments to discretionary spending limits to add provisions related to fire suppression adjustments.

Authorizes USDA to conduct projects that involve the management or sale of national forest material within certain National Forest System (NFS) lands.

Amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to authorize the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to obligate funds to cover any potential cancellation or termination costs (cancellation ceiling) in stages that are economically or programmatically viable with respect to an agreement or contract for a stewardship end result contracting project. Requires the Forest Service and BLM to submit written notice to Congress and the Office of Management and Budget 30 days before entering into a multiyear agreement or contract that includes a cancellation ceiling exceeding $25 million if proposed funding for the costs of cancelling the agreement or contract up to the ceiling is not included.

Allows the Forest Service and BLM, if the offset value of the forest products to be removed exceeds the value of the resource improvement treatments, to: (1) use the excess to satisfy any outstanding liabilities for cancelled agreements or contracts; or (2) if there are no such outstanding liabilities, apply the excess to other authorized stewardship projects.

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FLAME Act Amendments of 2015 Display Title FLAME Act Amendments of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the FLAME Act of 2009 to provide for additional wildfire suppression activities, to provide for the conduct of certain forest treatment projects, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced FLAME Act Amendments of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s508is/xml/BILLS-114s508is.xml 2015-02-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.