Budget deal includes wildfire disaster fund to end borrowing
The bill sets aside more than
Western lawmakers have long complained that the current funding mechanism — tied to a 10-year average for wildfires — makes budgeting difficult, even as fires burn longer and hotter each year.
The new plan sets aside
"Common sense has finally prevailed when it comes to how the
The Western lawmakers have been fighting for years to end "fire borrowing," a practice they say devastates rational budgeting for the
"This long-overdue, bipartisan solution to the madness of 'fire borrowing' will at last treat these infernos like the natural disasters they are, with the benefit that millions of dollars will now be liberated each year for essential wildfire prevention," Wyden said in a statement.
The wildfire deal "puts an end to fire-borrowing and is a start to giving the
"This funding boost will allow the
The measure establishes a contingency account through 2027, with annual deposits starting at
Rep.
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"We are not looking forward to the Schumer fires of 2018," Bishop said, referring to Senate Democratic Leader
Wildfires have burned across dried-out Western forests and grassland in recent years, causing billions of dollars in damage in
The budget deal includes
Simpson, a senior member of the House appropriations panel, called the wildfire fund one of his most significant accomplishments in nearly two decades in
"It is long past due that wildfires in the West receive equal treatment with other natural disasters, and this bill delivers the necessary budget changes to stop the dangerous practice of fire borrowing that has led to catastrophic wildfires in
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