Firefighting account transparency
Title I — Preparation
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(a) Annual reporting Section 104(a) of division O of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (43 U.S.C. 1748a–2(a)), is amended— (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking the fiscal year and all that follows through this division, and inserting each fiscal year,; and (2) in paragraph (1), by striking report with respect to the additional new budget authority; and inserting report on the amounts obligated and the amounts expended from Wildland Fire Management accounts, including any amounts obligated or expended using additional new budget authority under section 251(b)(2)(F) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(F)), in the preceding fiscal year;. (b) Inclusions Section 104(b) of division O of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (43 U.S.C. 1748a–2(b)), is amended— (1) in paragraph (3), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking a statistically significant sample of large fires, including an analysis for each fire and inserting each catastrophic wildfire described in subsection (c), including an analysis for each such catastrophic wildfire; and (2) in paragraph (4), by striking by fire size and all that follows through the semicolon at the end and inserting the following: “by— (A) the total ground-based operations costs; (B) the total aircraft operations costs; (C) the total personnel costs; (D) the total on-incident and off-incident support costs; (E) the total funding allocated from the Wildland Fire Management account of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture (as applicable) to pay for administrative costs; and (F) any other relevant factors, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture (as applicable);. (c) Catastrophic wildfire described Section 104 of division O of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (43 U.S.C. 1748a–2), is amended by adding at the end the following: (c) Catastrophic wildfire described A catastrophic wildfire referred to in subsection (b)(3) is a wildfire incident or wildfire complex that— (1) requires the mobilization or use of Federal firefighting resources; (2) (A) burns at least 100,000 acres of land; or (B) burns at least 50,000 acres of land, with a 50 percent or greater portion at high severity; and (3) (A) results in total suppression costs of $50,000,000 or more; (B) destroys 1 or more primary residences; or (C) directly results in the death of 1 or more individuals..
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