[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 168 (Wednesday, October 18, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S6544]
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SA 1153. Mr. McCAIN (for himself and Mr. Flake) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1116 proposed by Mr.
Enzi to the concurrent resolution H. Con. Res. 71, establishing the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2018 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2019 through 2027; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:
At the end of subtitle A of title IV, add the following:
SEC. 41__. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD NOT
ADEQUATELY FUND WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.
(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider a bill or joint resolution making appropriations
for a full fiscal year for Interior, Environment, and Related
Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2019, or an amendment thereto, amendment between the Houses
in relation thereto, conference report thereon, or motion
thereon, that provides funding for the wildfire management
account of the Forest Service if funding levels for that
account are not equal to or greater than the 90 percent
confidence interval estimate of the Secretary of Agriculture
under section 502(h)(3) of the FLAME Act of 2009 (43 U.S.C.
1748a(h)(3)) of anticipated wildfire suppression costs for
that fiscal year.
(b) Application.--Subsection (a) shall not apply if--
(1) the bill or joint resolution described in that
subsection provides not less than 100 percent of the rolling
10-year average of wildfire obligations; and
(2) on or before the date on which the Senate is
considering a bill or joint resolution described in that
subsection, the Senate has enacted a bill or joint resolution
that provides new budget authority for wildfire disaster
relief for the fiscal year referred to in that subsection in
an amount not to exceed $1,460,000,000.
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