[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 168 (Wednesday, October 18, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S6544]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  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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