[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 138 (Tuesday, August 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5762-S5765]
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SA 2399. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema
(for herself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms.
Collins, Mr. Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the
bill H.R. 3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway
safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title VIII of division D, add the following:
SEC. 408___. WESTERN WILDFIRE SUPPORT.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Congressional committees.--The term ``congressional
committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Natural Resources and the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
(2) Federal land.--The term ``Federal land'' means--
(A) public lands (as defined in section 103 of the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702));
(B) units of the National Park System;
(C) units of the National Wildlife Refuge System;
(D) land held in trust by the United States for the benefit
of Indian Tribes or members of an Indian Tribe; and
(E) land in the National Forest System.
(3) National forest system.--
(A) In general.--The term ``National Forest System'' has
the meaning given the term in section 11(a) of the Forest and
Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C.
1609(a)).
(B) Exclusion.--The term ``National Forest System'' does
not include--
(i) the national grasslands and land utilization projects
administered under title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm
Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 1010 et seq.); or
(ii) National Forest System land east of the 100th
meridian.
(4) Secretaries.--The term ``Secretaries'' means--
(A) the Secretary of the Interior; and
(B) the Secretary of Agriculture.
(5) Secretary concerned.--The term ``Secretary concerned''
means--
(A) the Secretary of the Interior, in the case of Federal
land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior;
and
(B) the Secretary of Agriculture, in the case of Federal
land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture.
(b) Preparation.--
(1) Firefighting accounts.--
(A) Establishment of accounts.--There are established in
the Treasury of the United States the following accounts:
(i) The Firefighting Operations account for the Department
of Agriculture.
(ii) The Firefighting Operations account for the Department
of the Interior.
(B) Budget activities within accounts.--The following
activities shall be specified for funding within each
Firefighting Operations account established by subparagraph
(A):
(i) Ground-based firefighting operations.
(ii) Aircraft use in firefighting operations.
(C) Authorization of appropriations.--
(i) Ground-based firefighting operations.--
(I) Department of agriculture.--There is authorized to be
appropriated for fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal year
thereafter to the account established by subparagraph (A)(i)
not more than $3,000,000,000 for ground-based firefighting
operations.
(II) Department of the interior.--There is authorized to be
appropriated for fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal year
thereafter to the account established by subparagraph (A)(ii)
not more than $1,000,000,000 for ground-based firefighting
operations.
(ii) Aircraft use in firefighting operations.--There is
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2022 and each
fiscal year thereafter to the accounts established by
subparagraph (A), a total amount of not more than
$500,000,000 for aircraft use in firefighting operations.
(D) Presidential budget requests.--For fiscal year 2023 and
each fiscal year thereafter, each Secretary concerned shall
submit through the budget request of the President and in
accordance with subparagraph (C), a request for amounts in
the Wildland Fire Management appropriation account of the
Secretary concerned to carry out the activities described in
subparagraph (E).
(E) Authorized activities.--
(i) In general.--The Secretaries shall use amounts provided
to the respective accounts established under subparagraph (A)
as follows:
(I) The Secretary of Agriculture shall use amounts
appropriated under subparagraph (C)(i)(I) to carry out
management activities for active wildfires through the Forest
Service, except that none of the amounts may be used for the
operation of aircraft.
(II) The Secretary of the Interior shall use amounts
appropriated under subparagraph (C)(i)(II) to carry out
management activities for active wildfires, except that none
of the amounts may be used for the operation of aircraft.
(III) The Secretary concerned shall use amounts
appropriated under subparagraph (C)(ii) to acquire, by
contract or purchase, and use aircraft, including unmanned
aerial systems, for operations relating to wildland fires.
(ii) Limitation.--The Secretary concerned shall not use to
carry out any activity authorized by clause (i)(III) amounts
appropriated to accounts of the Secretary concerned other
than amounts in the accounts established by subparagraph (A)
specified for activities described in subparagraph (B)(ii).
(F) Accounting reports.--
(i) In general.--Each Secretary concerned shall submit to
the congressional committees monthly accounting reports
regarding the amounts that have been obligated and expended
under this paragraph during the preceding month of the
applicable fiscal year.
(ii) Inclusions.--Each report under clause (i) shall
include a description of, with respect to the period covered
by the report--
(I) Federal ground-based equipment costs;
(II) Federal aircraft use costs;
(III) Federal personnel costs;
(IV) on-incident and off-incident support costs; and
(V) funding allocated from the Wildland Fire Management
account of the Secretary concerned to pay for administrative
costs.
(iii) Requirements.--Each report under clause (i) shall be
prepared in accordance with applicable national fire plan
reporting procedures.
(2) Reimbursement for wildfires caused by military
training.--
(A) Reimbursement required.--The Secretary of Defense
shall, on application by a State or Federal agency, reimburse
the State or Federal agency for the reasonable costs of the
State or Federal agency for services provided in connection
with fire suppression as a result of a fire caused by
military training or other actions carried out by the Armed
Forces or employees of the Department of Defense.
(B) Limitation.--Services reimbursable under subparagraph
(A) shall be limited to services proximately related to the
fire for which reimbursement is sought.
(C) Application.--Each application from a State or Federal
agency for reimbursement for costs under subparagraph (A)
shall provide an itemized request of the services covered by
the application, including the costs of the services.
(D) Funds.--Reimbursements under subparagraph (A) shall be
made from amounts authorized to be appropriated to the
Department of Defense for operation and maintenance.
(3) Strategic wildland fire management planning.--
(A) In general.--Not later than September 30, 2024, the
Secretary concerned shall, in accordance with this paragraph,
establish a series of spatial fire management plans.
(B) Use of existing plans.--To comply with this paragraph,
the Secretary concerned may use a fire management plan in
existence on the date of enactment of this Act.
(C) Updates.--To be valid, a spatial fire management plan
established under this paragraph shall not be in use for
longer than the 10-year period beginning on the date on which
the plan is established.
(D) Sub-unit plans.--The Secretary concerned shall
establish a spatial fire management plan for each unit of
Federal land with more than 10 acres of burnable vegetation
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned.
(E) Contents.--For each spatial fire management plan
established under this paragraph, the Secretary concerned
shall--
(i) base the plans on a landscape-scale risk assessment
that includes--
(I) risks to firefighters;
(II) risks to communities;
(III) risks to highly valuable resources; and
(IV) other relevant considerations determined by the
Secretary concerned;
(ii) include direction, represented in spatial form, from
land management plans and resource management plans;
(iii) in coordination with States, delineate potential
wildland fire operational delineations that--
(I) identify potential control locations; and
(II) specify the places in which firefighters will not be
sent because of the presence of unacceptable risk, including
areas determined by the Secretary concerned as--
(aa) exceeding a certain slope;
(bb) containing too high of a volume of hazardous fuels,
under certain weather conditions; or
(cc) containing other known hazards;
(iv) include a determination of average severe fire weather
for the plan area;
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(v) include prefire planning provisions;
(vi) include a plan for postfire activities that--
(I) would better enable a Burned Area Emergency Response
Team working on a large fire incident to address emergency
stabilization and erosion quickly; and
(II) specifies ways in which the Burned Area Emergency
Response Team would seek to prevent the proliferation of
invasive species in working on the large fire incident; and
(vii) include, at a minimum, any other requirement
determined to be necessary by the Secretary concerned.
(F) Consistency with management plans.--The spatial fire
management plans established under this paragraph shall be
consistent with the fire management objectives and land
management objectives in the applicable land management plan
or resource management plan.
(G) Revisions to land management plans and resource
management plans.--A revision to a land management plan or
resource management plan shall consider fire ecology and fire
management in a manner that facilitates the issuance of
direction for an incident response.
(H) Engagement during land management planning.--A
supervisory employee of the Department of the Interior or the
Department of Agriculture that is funded through a
Firefighting Operations account established under paragraph
(1) shall participate directly in the creation or revision of
an applicable land management plan or resource management
plan to incorporate an assessment, protocol, or plan
developed under this section into the planning process.
(4) Accounts to assist communities in planning and
preparing for wildfires.--
(A) Establishment of accounts.--There are established in
the Treasury of the United States the following accounts:
(i) The Community-Supported Land-Use Planning Assistance
account for the Department of Agriculture.
(ii) The Community-Supported Land-Use Planning Assistance
account for the Department of the Interior.
(B) Budget activities within accounts.--The following
activities shall be specified for funding within each
Community-Supported Land-Use Planning Assistance account
established by subparagraph (A):
(i) The Firewise Program operated by the National Fire
Protection Association.
(ii) Community wildfire protection programs.
(iii) The Fire-Adapted Communities Learning Network.
(iv) Vegetation management by communities.
(C) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized
to be appropriated for fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal year
thereafter for the accounts established by subparagraph (A)
such sums as are necessary to carry out this paragraph, not
to exceed $200,000,000.
(D) Presidential budget requests.--For fiscal year 2023 and
each fiscal year thereafter, each Secretary concerned shall
submit through the budget request of the President and in
accordance with subparagraph (C), a request for amounts in
the Wildland Fire Management appropriation account of the
Secretary concerned to carry out the activities described in
subparagraph (B).
(E) Authorized activities.--The Secretary concerned shall
use amounts in the accounts established by subparagraph (A)
as follows:
(i) With respect to amounts appropriated for the activity
described in subparagraph (B)(i), the Secretary concerned
may--
(I) cosponsor the Firewise Program; and
(II) support the expansion of the Firewise Communities/USA
Recognition Program to additional at-risk communities.
(ii) With respect to amounts appropriated for the activity
described in subparagraph(B)(ii), the Secretary concerned may
provide assistance to at-risk communities to establish and
revise--
(I) a community wildfire protection plan (as defined in
section 101 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003
(16 U.S.C. 6511)); or
(II) a community evacuation plan.
(iii) With respect to amounts appropriated for the activity
described in subparagraph (B)(iii), the Secretary concerned
shall establish a small grant program to address local hazard
reduction on Federal, State, or private land, subject to the
conditions that--
(I) a grant provided under the program--
(aa) may be awarded to an organization in an at-risk
community to address, in a sole instance, a hazardous fuel in
a specific location, including piling and burning, and
implementing a prescribed fire on private land;
(bb) shall not exceed $20,000; and
(cc) shall require cost-sharing assistance in an amount
equal to not less than 10 percent of the amount of the grant;
(II) the work identified for funding under the grant shall
be accomplished by a team composed of, at a minimum--
(aa) a private citizen;
(bb) a representative of a nonprofit organization; and
(cc) a local fire department, including a volunteer fire
department;
(III) to be eligible for a grant under the program, a
strategic plan outlining the means by which the applicant
will address a hazardous fuel shall be submitted to the
Secretary concerned; and
(IV) on completion of a grant project, the grant recipient
shall--
(aa) submit to the Secretary concerned a report; and
(bb) participate in training another grant recipient during
the following fiscal year.
(iv) With respect to amounts appropriated for the activity
described in subparagraph (B)(iv), the Secretary concerned
may provide cost-sharing assistance for the establishment and
operation of a local program in an at-risk community to
assist homeowners in the disposal of brush and slash
generated by hazard reduction activities.
(5) Community support during disaster response.--
(A) In general.--The Secretaries shall establish a program
to train and certify a citizen who wishes to be able to
volunteer to assist the Secretaries during a wildland fire
incident.
(B) Service.--
(i) In general.--The Secretaries shall establish several
categories of service for each manner in which a volunteer
certified under this paragraph may provide assistance.
(ii) Direct suppression of wildland fires.--No volunteer
certified under this paragraph may engage in an operation to
directly suppress a wildland fire.
(iii) Direction.--A volunteer under this paragraph shall--
(I) report to a designee of an incident commander prior to
providing any assistance on a wildland fire; and
(II) operate continuously under the direction of the
designee while providing assistance on a wildland fire.
(C) Certification.--
(i) Criteria.--
(I) In general.--The Secretaries shall certify volunteers
to provide assistance for each category of service
established under subparagraph (B).
(II) Establishment of criteria.--The Secretaries shall
establish criteria for a volunteer to be certified for each
category of service.
(III) Attendance.--Attendance at training conducted under
clause (ii) shall be 1 of the criteria established under
subclause (II).
(IV) Assessment.--The Secretaries shall assess the
knowledge, skills, or abilities, of a person prior to
certifying a person to become a volunteer.
(ii) Training.--
(I) In general.--The Secretaries shall regularly conduct
training for citizens who desire to be certified as
volunteers.
(II) Content.--The training shall include, at a minimum, a
safety component in an effort to minimize inherent threats to
volunteers and maximize the safety of a volunteer, to the
maximum extent practicable, as a volunteer provides
assistance on a wildland fire.
(III) Frequency.--The Secretaries shall offer, at a
minimum, 1 training session in each State with significant
wildfire risk, not less than every 2 years.
(iii) Identification.--
(I) In general.--On the certification of a volunteer, the
Secretary concerned shall provide to the volunteer a means of
identification as a volunteer.
(II) Display.--A volunteer certified under this paragraph
shall display, continuously while assisting in a wildland
fire, the means of identification.
(c) Wildfire Detection and Suppression Support.--
(1) Wildfire detection equipment.--To the extent
practicable, the Secretary concerned shall--
(A) expedite the placement of wildfire detection equipment,
such as sensors, cameras, and other relevant equipment, in
areas at risk of wildfire;
(B) expand the use of satellite data to assist wildfire
response; and
(C) expedite any permitting required by the Secretary
concerned for the installation, maintenance, or removal of
wildfire detection equipment.
(2) Grant program for slip-on tank units.--
(A) In general.--The Secretaries shall establish a program
to award to an eligible State or unit of local government
each year grants to acquire slip-on tank and pump units
(referred to in this paragraph as ``slip-on units'') for a
surge capacity of resources for fire suppression.
(B) Eligibility.--
(i) In general.--To be eligible to receive a grant under
this paragraph, a State or unit of local government shall--
(I) submit an application at such time, in such manner, and
containing such information as the Secretaries may require;
and
(II) contribute non-Federal funds in accordance with clause
(ii).
(ii) Cost-share requirements.--The non-Federal share of the
cost of acquiring slip-on units using a grant under this
paragraph shall be not less than 25 percent.
(C) Use of funds.--
(i) In general.--Grants awarded under this paragraph shall
be used only for the acquisition of not fewer than 30 slip-on
units.
(ii) Restrictions.--A recipient of a grant under this
paragraph--
(I) shall be responsible for the cost of the maintenance
and use of the slip-on units; and
(II) may not use grant funds for a cost described in
subclause (I).
(D) Requirements for operation of slip-on units.--A
recipient of a grant under this paragraph shall--
(i) in maintaining and storing the slip-on units--
(I) store and mount a slip-on unit on a vehicle only
during--
(aa) a period of extreme fire danger; or
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(bb) an active wildland fire;
(II) designate a vehicle and personnel to be used with each
slip-on unit;
(III) make any necessary modification to a designated
vehicle to ensure compatibility with the use of the slip-on
unit;
(IV) train designated personnel to use the slip-on unit;
(V) ensure designated personnel possess elementary wildland
fire management skills, including post-fire-front structure-
protection tactics; and
(VI) maintain each slip-on unit in good, usable condition
for a period of not fewer than 20 years;
(ii) during a large, active wildland fire--
(I) staff each designated vehicle equipped with a slip-on
unit with--
(II) a person designated under clause (i)(II); and
(III) a trained firefighter, regardless of whether the
trained firefighter is paid, volunteer, or off-duty but paid;
(iii) organize each designated vehicle equipped with a
slip-on unit into a team with other designated vehicles under
the direction of a qualified task force leader; and
(iv) use each designated vehicle equipped with a slip-on
unit primarily for the purpose of following behind the
wildland fire front--
(I) to prevent homes from igniting; and
(II) to alert fire engines of structures that have ignited;
and
(v) comply with any other requirements determined to be
necessary by the Secretaries, including any minimum
requirements for a slip-on unit and any additional required
equipment.
(3) Assistance to states for operation of air tankers.--The
Secretary concerned may provide funding to States to enable
States to operate not more than 50 single-engine air tankers
if--
(A) the single-engine air tanker is government-owned and
contractor-operated or government-owned and government-
operated;
(B) a State receiving funding for a single-engine air
tanker under this paragraph shares the cost with the
Secretary of the acquisition and operation of the aircraft;
and
(C) the single-engine air tanker--
(i) shall be used for initial attack; and
(ii) shall not be used for large fire aviation support.
(4) Research and development of unmanned aircraft system
fire applications.--
(A) Definitions.--In this paragraph:
(i) Covered unmanned aircraft test range.--The term
``covered unmanned aircraft test range'' means a test range
that is approved of or designated by the Administrator of the
Federal Aviation Administration for the testing of unmanned
aircraft systems, as required under section 44803 of title
49, United States Code.
(ii) Unmanned aircraft system.--The term ``unmanned
aircraft system'' means an unmanned aircraft and associated
elements (including communication links and the components
that control the unmanned aircraft) that are required for the
operator to operate safely and efficiently in the national
airspace system of the Federal Aviation Administration.
(B) Joint fire science program.--The Secretary of the
Interior shall, acting through the Joint Fire Science
Program, work with covered unmanned aircraft test ranges to
carry out research and development of unmanned aircraft
system fire applications.
(C) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized
to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior such sums
as are necessary to carry out this paragraph.
(5) Study on effects of drone incursions on wildfire
suppression.--
(A) Definitions.--In this paragraph:
(i) Drone.--The term ``drone'' means an unmanned aircraft
system owned by a private individual or entity.
(ii) Drone incursion.--The term ``drone incursion'' means
the operation of a drone within any airspace for which the
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration has
issued a temporary flight restriction because of a wildfire.
(iii) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the
Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the
Bureau of Land Management.
(B) Study required.--The Secretary, in consultation with
the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the
Forest Service, shall conduct a study on the effects of drone
incursions on wildfire suppression with respect to land
managed by the Department of the Interior or the Department
of Agriculture.
(C) Study contents.--In conducting the study required under
subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall--
(i) determine, for each of the 5 most recent calendar
years--
(I) the number of occurrences in which a drone incursion
interfered with wildfire suppression; and
(II) the effect of each occurrence described in subclause
(I) on--
(aa) the length of time required to achieve complete
suppression;
(bb) the effectiveness of aerial firefighting responses;
and
(cc) the amounts expended by the Federal Government; and
(ii) evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of various
actions to prevent drone incursions, including--
(I) the use of reasonable force to disable, damage, or
destroy a drone;
(II) the seizure of a drone, including seizure with a net
device; and
(III) the dissemination of educational materials relating
to the effects of drone incursions on wildfire suppression.
(D) Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and
the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of
Representatives a report describing--
(i) the findings of the study required under subparagraph
(B); and
(ii) any recommendations of the Secretary relating to those
findings.
(6) Study on wildfire detection equipment and integration
of artificial intelligence technologies.--
(A) In general.--The Secretaries shall conduct a study on--
(i) the effectiveness and limitations on the deployment and
application of each wildfire detection equipment technology
with respect to detection, confirmation, geolocation,
predictability of wildfire spread, suppression resource
management, post-fire forensics, and surface rehabilitation;
(ii) how each technology described in clause (i), with
proper and timely deployment and use, can provide for the
most effective and efficient means of dealing with the threat
and the reality of wildland fires;
(iii) the integration of artificial intelligence with real-
time imagery and weather data provided by wildfire detection
equipment technology; and
(iv) how the integration of artificial intelligence
described in clause (iii) can enhance the value of each
wildfire detection equipment technology, individually and
collectively.
(B) Submission and public availability.--Not later than 2
years after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Secretaries shall submit to the congressional committees and
make publicly available the results of the study conducted
under subparagraph (A).
(d) Post-fire Recovery Support.--
(1) Funding for online guides for post-fire assistance.--
(A) Use of services of other agencies.--Section 201(a) of
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5131(a)) is amended--
(i) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; and''; and
(ii) by adding at the end the following:
``(8) post-disaster assistance.''.
(B) Funding for online guides for assistance.--Section 201
of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5131) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
``(e) Funding for Online Guides for Assistance.--
``(1) In general.--The Administrator of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency may enter into a cooperative
agreement to provide funding to a State agency established
under subsection (c) to establish and operate a website to
provide information relating to post-fire recovery funding
and resources to a community or an individual impacted by a
wildland fire.
``(2) Management.--A website created under this subsection
shall be--
``(A) managed by the State agency; and
``(B) suitable for the residents of the State of the State
agency.
``(3) Content.--The Administrator may enter into a
cooperative agreement to establish a website under this
subsection only to provide 1 or more of the following:
``(A) A list of Federal, State, and local sources of post-
fire recovery funding or assistance that may be available to
a community after a wildfire.
``(B) A list of Federal, State, and local sources of post-
fire recovery funding or assistance that may be available to
an individual impacted by a wildfire.
``(C) A technical guide that lists and explains the costs
and benefits of alternatives available to a community to
mitigate the impacts of wildfire and prepare for potential
flooding.
``(4) Cooperation.--A State agency that enters into a
cooperative agreement under this subsection shall cooperate
with the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of
Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency in developing a website under this
subsection.
``(5) Updates.--A State agency that receives funding to
establish a website under this subsection shall update the
website not less than once every 6 years.''.
(2) Long-term burned area recovery account.--
(A) Establishment of account.--There is established in the
Treasury of the United States the Long-Term Burned Area
Recovery account for the Department of Agriculture.
(B) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized
to be appropriated for fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal year
thereafter for the account established by subparagraph (A)
such sums as are necessary to carry out the activities
described in subparagraph (D), not to exceed $100,000,000.
(C) Presidential budget requests.--For fiscal year 2023 and
each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of Agriculture
shall submit through the budget request of the President and
in accordance with subparagraph (B), a request for amounts in
the Wildland Fire Management appropriation account to carry
out the activities described in subparagraph (D).
(D) Authorized activities.--The Secretary of Agriculture
shall use amounts in the account established by subparagraph
(A) for rehabilitation projects--
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(i) that begin not earlier than 1 year after the date on
which the wildfire was contained;
(ii) that are--
(I) scheduled to be completed not later than 3 years after
the date on which the wildfire was contained; and
(II) located at sites impacted by wildfire on non-Federal
or Federal land;
(iii) that restore the functions of an ecosystem or protect
life or property; and
(iv) not less than 10 percent of the total costs of which
are paid for with non-Federal funds.
(E) Prioritization of funding.--The Secretary of
Agriculture shall prioritize, on a nationwide basis, projects
for which funding requests are submitted under this
paragraph, based on--
(i) downstream effects on water resources; and
(ii) public safety.
(3) Prize for wildfire-related invasive species
reduction.--Section 7001(d) of the John D. Dingell, Jr.
Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (16 U.S.C. 742b
note; Public Law 116-9) is amended--
(A) by striking ``paragraph (8)(A)'' each place it appears
and inserting ``paragraph (9)(A)'';
(B) by striking ``paragraph (8)(B)'' each place it appears
and inserting ``paragraph (9)(B)'';
(C) by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (9);
(D) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following:
``(8) Theodore roosevelt genius prize for management of
wildfire-related invasive species.--
``(A) Definitions.--In this paragraph:
``(i) Board.--The term `Board' means the Management of
Wildfire-Related Invasive Species Technology Advisory Board
established by subparagraph (C)(i).
``(ii) Prize competition.--The term `prize competition'
means the Theodore Roosevelt Genius Prize for the management
of wildfire-related invasive species established under
subparagraph (B).
``(B) Authority.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of the ________