Sens. Wyden, Crapo, Bipartisan Senators Urge Congress to Pass Wildfire Funding Fix in Any Future Disaster Aid
With large fires blazing across
In addition to Wyden and Crapo, the letter's signers include Sens.
The
Wildfires have burned almost 8 million acres of land across the West this year, according to the
"We stand ready to work with our colleagues in a bipartisan way in
"We ask that any disaster aid package or other must-pass legislation that passes through
With the
Wyden and Crapo first introduced bipartisan legislation to fix the way the federal government funds the fight against wildfires, the Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, in 2013. Another wildfire funding fix was included in July in legislation under consideration by the
Both approaches would end the practice of fire borrowing by funding the largest wildfires from disaster accounts similar to accounts used to fund other natural disasters, freeing up funding for fire prevention and forest health projects.
In an August letter to the leaders of the
Read today's letter here (https://www.wyden.senate.gov/download/?id=BFEE60BC-6078-4325-A2B2-231D29AC2DB3&download=1).
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