H.R. 5648 · 110th Congress
Emergency Wildland Fire Response Act of 2008
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GoodlatteSponsor11 cosponsors · 6 D, 5 R
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Salazar
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Young
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Herseth Sandlin
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Schakowsky6 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
Emergency Wildland Fire Response Act of 2008 - Establishes a Federal Wildland Fire Emergency Suppression Fund to cover the costs of federal wildland fire suppression activities associated with a declared emergency wildland fire incident.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 14, 2008
Emergency Wildland Fire Response Act of 2008 - Establishes a Federal Wildland Fire Emergency Suppression Fund to cover the costs of federal wildland fire suppression activities associated with a declared emergency wildland fire incident.
Sets forth the criteria for which declarations of emergency wildland fire incidents may be made under this Act. Requires a declaration of such an incident to only be made by the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior, or a designee of the Secretary concerned at the subcabinet level.
Allows the Secretary concerned to only access the Fund if the President's annual budget requested funds for wildland fire operations amounting to at least the ten-fiscal year average of expenditures for wildland fire operations.Requires the Secretaries to jointly report every six months on expenditures from and deposits to the Fund.
Permits any excess funds for wildland fire operations to be transferred to support reforestation and rehabilitation of forests following wildland fires. Limits the areas in which such funds may be expended.
Requires review of wildfire incidents resulting in expenses greater than $10 million.
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a national map of landscape areas most at risk of wildfire and in need of hazardous fuel treatment and maintenance.
Authorizes such Secretary to: (1) provide cost-share grants to fire-ready communities to increase their capacity to defend against wildland fire; and (2) enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with a State Forester or equivalent official to implement good neighbor projects on such lands.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Emergency Wildland Fire Response Act of 2008
Latest action (Nov 19, 2008): Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 14, 2008
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.