Wildfire Disaster Funding Act
Latest action · Sep 19, 2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
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.
- IntroducedSep 19, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot 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 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 19, 2017 to Feb 12, 2018; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CO | Cory Gardner | Original | Sep 19, 2017 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Sep 19, 2017 |
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Original | Sep 19, 2017 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Sep 19, 2017 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Original | Sep 19, 2017 |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Original | Sep 19, 2017 |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Original | Sep 19, 2017 |
| R-UT | Orrin G. Hatch | Original | Sep 19, 2017 |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | Oct 16, 2017 | |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Oct 18, 2017 | |
| D-MN | Al Franken | Oct 30, 2017 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Nov 6, 2017 | |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Nov 14, 2017 | |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Dec 7, 2017 | |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Dec 12, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Feb 8, 2018 | |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Feb 12, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Budget Committee | Referred Sep 19, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 19, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Sep 19, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
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 S6833 | Michael F. Bennet D-CO | Oct 26, 2017 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6725 | Jon Tester D-MT | Oct 24, 2017 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6348 | Jeff Merkley D-OR | Oct 5, 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2862 | Wildfire Disaster Funding Act | Identical bill | Jun 26, 2017 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill 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: Economics and Public Finance.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 19, 2017Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
