HR 2862 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Wildfire Disaster Funding Act

Introduced Jun 8, 2017 Originated House Sponsor Michael K. Simpson R-ID

Latest action · Jun 26, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJun 8, 2017
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Wildfire Disaster Funding Act

This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to require specified adjustments to discretionary spending limits in FY2017-FY2026 to accommodate appropriations for wildfire suppression operations in the Wildland Fire Management accounts at the Department of Agriculture (USDA) or the Department of the Interior.

If USDA or Interior determines that supplemental appropriations are necessary for wildfire suppression operations, the bill requires the relevant department to submit to Congress a request for the funding and a plan for obligating the funds.

The bill also requires the President's budget to include the average costs for wildfire suppression over the previous 10 years.

Cosponsors 94

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 8, 2017 to Apr 10, 2018; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	Jun 8, 2017
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers	Original	Jun 8, 2017
R-WA	Dan Newhouse	Original	Jun 8, 2017
D-WA	Derek Kilmer	Original	Jun 8, 2017
R-OR	Greg Walden	Original	Jun 8, 2017
D-CO	Jared Polis	Original	Jun 8, 2017
D-CA	Jim Costa	Original	Jun 8, 2017
R-CA	Ken Calvert	Original	Jun 8, 2017
D-OR	Kurt Schrader	Original	Jun 8, 2017
I-AZ	Kyrsten Sinema	Original	Jun 8, 2017
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur	Original	Jun 8, 2017
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei	Original	Jun 8, 2017
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Original	Jun 8, 2017
R-ID	Raul R. Labrador	Original	Jun 8, 2017
R-CO	Scott R. Tipton	Original	Jun 8, 2017

Show all 94 cosponsors

Committees 3

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Budget Committee	Referred Jun 8, 2017
House	Agriculture Committee	Referred Jun 8, 2017
	Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee	Referred Jun 26, 2017
House	Natural Resources Committee	Referred Jun 8, 2017
	Federal Lands Subcommittee	Referred Jun 21, 2017

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 26, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Jun 21, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Jun 8, 2017Introduced in House
Jun 8, 2017Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

In the Congressional Record 3

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Senate	Debate and remarks S6822	Ron Wyden D-OR	Oct 25, 2017
House	Debate and remarks H7740	Dan Newhouse R-WA	Oct 3, 2017
House	Debate and remarks H7229	Kurt Schrader D-OR	Sep 12, 2017

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: ``The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically clause 1 (relating to providing for the general welfare of the United States) and clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress), and Article IV, section 3, clause 2 (relating to the power of Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States).''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 98, June 8, 2017, page H4820.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R44966	Wildfire Suppression Spending: Background, Issues, and Legislation in the 115th Congress Archived	Report	Nov 8, 2017

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1842	Wildfire Disaster Funding Act	Identical bill	Sep 19, 2017

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Wildfire Disaster Funding Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 8, 2017Introduced in House

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