[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 116 (Thursday, July 23, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5554-S5555]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2321. Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Crapo) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 22, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt employees with health coverage 
under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into 
account for purposes of determining the employers to which the employer 
mandate applies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of division F, add the following:

     SEC. 6____. WILDFIRE DISASTER FUNDING AUTHORITY.

       (a) In General.--Section 251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 
     901(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(E) Flame wildfire suppression.--
       ``(i) If a bill or joint resolution making appropriations 
     for a fiscal year is enacted that specifies an amount for 
     wildfire suppression operations in the Wildland Fire 
     Management accounts at the Department of Agriculture or the 
     Department of the Interior, then the adjustments for that 
     fiscal year shall be the amount of additional new budget 
     authority provided in that Act for wildfire suppression 
     operations for that fiscal year, but shall not exceed--

       ``(I) for fiscal year 2016, $1,410,000,000 in additional 
     new budget authority;
       ``(II) for fiscal year 2017, $1,460,000,000 in additional 
     new budget authority;
       ``(III) for fiscal year 2018, $1,560,000,000 in additional 
     new budget authority;
       ``(IV) for fiscal year 2019, $1,780,000,000 in additional 
     new budget authority;
       ``(V) for fiscal year 2020 $2,030,000,000 in additional new 
     budget authority;
       ``(VI) for fiscal year 2021, $2,320,000,000 in additional 
     new budget authority;
       ``(VII) for fiscal year 2022, $2,650,000,000 in additional 
     new budget authority;
       ``(VIII) for fiscal year 2023, $2,690,000,000 in additional 
     new budget authority;
       ``(IX) for fiscal year 2024, $2,690,000,000 in additional 
     new budget authority; and
       ``(X) for fiscal year 2025, $2,690,000,000 in additional 
     new budget authority.

       ``(ii) As used in this subparagraph--

       ``(I) the term `additional new budget authority' means the 
     amount provided for a fiscal year, in excess of 70 percent of 
     the average costs for wildfire suppression operations over 
     the previous 10 years, in an appropriation Act and specified 
     to pay for the costs of wildfire suppression operations; and
       ``(II) the term `wildfire suppression operations' means the 
     emergency and unpredictable aspects of wildland firefighting 
     including support, response, and emergency stabilization 
     activities; other emergency management activities; and funds 
     necessary to repay any transfers needed for these costs.

       ``(iii) The average costs for wildfire suppression 
     operations over the previous 10 years shall be calculated 
     annually and reported in the President's Budget submission 
     under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, for 
     each fiscal year.''.
       (b) Disaster Funding.--Section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 
     901(b)(2)(D)) is amended--
       (1) in clause (i)--
       (A) in subclause (I), by striking ``and'' and inserting 
     ``plus'';
       (B) in subclause (II), by striking the period and inserting 
     ``; less''; and
       (C) by adding the following:

       ``(III) the additional new budget authority provided in an 
     appropriation Act for wildfire suppression operations 
     pursuant to subparagraph (E) for the preceding fiscal 
     year.''; and

       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(v) Beginning in fiscal year 2018 and in subsequent 
     fiscal years, the calculation of the `average funding 
     provided for disaster relief over the previous 10 years' 
     shall include the additional new budget authority provided in 
     an appropriation Act for wildfire suppression operations 
     pursuant to subparagraph (E) for the preceding fiscal 
     year.''.
       (c) Reporting Requirements.--If the Secretary of the 
     Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture determines that 
     supplemental appropriations are necessary for a fiscal year 
     for wildfire suppression operations, such Secretary shall 
     promptly submit to Congress--

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       (1) a request for such supplemental appropriations; and
       (2) a plan detailing the manner in which such Secretary 
     intends to obligate the supplemental appropriations by not 
     later than 30 days after the date on which the amounts are 
     made available.
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