[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4648-S4649]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2296. Mr. LUJAN (for himself and Mr. Heinrich) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. HERMIT'S PEAK/CALF CANYON CLAIMS EXTENSION.

       Section 104 of the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire 
     Assistance Act (Public Law 117-180; 136 Stat. 2170) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:
       ``(5) Temporary personnel.--
       ``(A) In general.--The Administrator may appoint temporary 
     personnel, after serving continuously for 3 years to 
     positions in the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the 
     same manner that competitive service employees with 
     competitive status are considered for transfer, reassignment, 
     or promotion to such positions.
       ``(B) Career-conditional employee.--An individual appointed 
     under subparagraph (A) shall become a career-conditional 
     employee, unless the employee has already completed the 
     service requirements for career tenure.'';
       (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``Not later than 2 years 
     after the date on which regulations are first promulgated 
     under subsection (f)'' and inserting ``Not later than 
     December 31, 2026''; and
       (3) in subsection (d)(4)(C)--
       (A) in clause (vii), by striking ``the date that is 3 years 
     after the date on which the regulations under subsection (f) 
     are first promulgated'' and inserting ``December 31, 2030'';
       (B) by amending clause (viii) to read as follows:
       ``(viii) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a 
     premium for flood insurance that is required to be paid on or 
     before December 31, 2026, if--

       ``(I) as a result of the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire, a 
     person that was not required

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     to purchase flood insurance before the Hermit's Peak/Calf 
     Canyon Fire is required to purchase flood insurance; or
       ``(II) a person did not maintain flood insurance before the 
     Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire but purchased flood insurance 
     after the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire due to fear of 
     heightened flood risk.'';

       (C) by redesgnating clause (x) as clause (xi); and
       (D) by inserting after clause (ix) the following:
       
       ``(x) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(B), costs incurred not 
     later than December 31, 2030 of reasonable efforts, as 
     determined by the Administrator, by the State of New Mexico 
     to design, construct, and operate a center with the purpose 
     of researching, developing and generating native seedlings to 
     successfully regenerate forests destroyed by the Hermit's 
     Peak/Calf Canyon Fire with native species.''.
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