[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 141 (Wednesday, September 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5994-S5995]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3258. Mr. LUJAN 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 (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
       (2) 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 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.'';

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       (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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