H. Amdt. 61 - Amendment Sought to Permanently Allow the Forest Service to Have Authority to Contract with States (Good Neighbor Authority) to Reduce Wildfire Risks Across Boundary Lines.

Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act

H.R. 1404 — 111^th Congress (2009–2010)

Keywords

Environment, Natural Emergency, Forest Fires

Summary

To authorize a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities on Department of the Interior and National Forest System lands, to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy, and for other purposes. (by CRS)

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Title

To authorize a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities on Department of the Interior and National Forest System lands, to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy, and for other purposes.

Other Titles

• Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act
• FLAME Act
• Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act
• FLAME Act

Sponsor

Nick J. Rahall II

Co-Sponsors

• Madeleine Z. Bordallo
• Michael K. Simpson
• Raúl M. Grijalva
• Greg Walden
• Mike Thompson
• Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
• Harry Teague
• Martin Heinrich
• Collin C. Peterson
• Mike Coffman
• Jay Inslee
• Norman D. Dicks
• Earl Blumenauer
• Brian Baird
• Peter A. DeFazio

Subjects

• Public lands and natural resources
• Accounting and auditing
• Advisory bodies
• Agricultural pests
• Appropriations
• Climate change
• Congressional oversight
• Disaster relief and insurance
• Electric power generation and transmission
• Emergency planning and evacuation
• Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
• Fires
• Forests
• Government information and archives
• Government investigations
• Government trust funds
• Military civil functions
• National Guard and reserves
• Parks, recreation areas, trails
• Water quality
• Water use and supply
• Watersheds
• Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Related Bills

• H.Res. 281 (111^th) : Providing for Consideration of the Bill (H.R. 1404) to Authorize a Supplemental Funding Source for Catastrophic Emergency Wildland Fire Suppression Activities on Department of the Interior and National Forest System Lands, to Require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to Develop a Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy, and for Other Purposes.
• S. 561 (111^th) : Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act

Major Actions

Introduced	3/10/2009
Referred to Committee
Amendments (12 proposed)
Passed House	3/26/2009

Bill History

• All Votes
• All Actions
• Amendments

	Chamber/Committee	Motion	Date	Result
select this vote	House	On agreeing to the Rahall amendment (A001) Agreed to by voice vote.	3/26/2009	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	House	On agreeing to the Polis (CO) amendment (A003) Agreed to by voice vote.	3/26/2009	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	House	On agreeing to the Hastings (WA) amendment (A005) Agreed to by voice vote.	3/26/2009	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	House	On agreeing to the Hastings (WA) amendment (A006) Agreed to by voice vote.	3/26/2009	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	House	On agreeing to the Heinrich amendment (A007) Agreed to by voice vote.	3/26/2009	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	House	On agreeing to the Lujan amendment (A009) Agreed to by voice vote.	3/26/2009	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	House	On agreeing to the Rahall amendment (A010) Agreed to by voice vote.	3/26/2009	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	House	Amendment 2 to H.R. 1404 Federal Land Assistance, Managment and Enhancement Act	3/26/2009	This amendment PASSED the House 420 voted YES 0 voted NO 17 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	Amendment 4 to H.R. 1404	3/26/2009	This amendment PASSED the House 420 voted YES 0 voted NO 17 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	Amendment 8 to H.R. 1404	3/26/2009	This amendment PASSED the House 422 voted YES 0 voted NO 15 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	Amendment 11 to H.R. 1404	3/26/2009	This amendment PASSED the House 418 voted YES 2 voted NO 17 voted present/not voting
currently selected	House	Amendment 12 to H.R. 1404	3/26/2009	This amendment DID NOT PASS the House 148 voted YES 272 voted NO 17 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	On Passage - House - H.R. 1404 Federal Land Assistance, Managment and Enhancement Act	3/26/2009	This bill PASSED the House 412 voted YES 3 voted NO 16 voted present/not voting

	Action	Date	Description
	Introduced	3/10/2009
		3/10/2009	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E601-602)
		3/10/2009	Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
		3/10/2009	Referred to House Natural Resources
		3/10/2009	Referred to House Agriculture
		3/10/2009	Referred to House Budget
		3/13/2009	Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
		3/24/2009	Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 281 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1404 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill except clauses 9 and 10 of rule XXI. The rule provides that the bill shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against provisions in the bill. This waiver does not affect the point of order available under clause 9 of rule XXI.
		3/25/2009	Rule H. Res. 281 passed House.
		3/25/2009	Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 281.
		3/25/2009	Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1404 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill except clauses 9 and 10 of rule XXI. The rule provides that the bill shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against provisions in the bill. This waiver does not affect the point of order available under clause 9 of rule XXI.
		3/25/2009	House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 281 and Rule XVIII.
		3/25/2009	The Speaker designated the Honorable Ben Ray Lujan to act as Chairman of the Committee.
		3/25/2009	GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 1404.
		3/25/2009	Mr. Rahall moved that the Committee rise.
		3/25/2009	On motion that the committee rises Agreed to by voice vote.
		3/25/2009	Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 1404 as unfinished business.
		3/26/2009	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
		3/26/2009	Considered as unfinished business.
		3/26/2009	The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
		3/26/2009	Amendment (A001) offered by Mr. Rahall.
		3/26/2009	DEBAT - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 281, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Rahall of West Virginia amendment.
select this vote	Vote	3/26/2009	On agreeing to the Rahall amendment (A001) Agreed to by voice vote.
		3/26/2009	Amendment (A002) offered by Mr. Perlmutter.
		3/26/2009	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 281, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Perlmutter of Colorado amendment.
		3/26/2009	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Perlmutter amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Hastings (WA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
		3/26/2009	Amendment (A003) offered by Mr. Polis (CO).
		3/26/2009	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 281, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Polis of Colorado amendment.
select this vote	Vote	3/26/2009	On agreeing to the Polis (CO) amendment (A003) Agreed to by voice vote.
		3/26/2009	Amendment (A004) offered by Mr. Hastings (WA).
		3/26/2009	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 281, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hastings (WA) amendment.
		3/26/2009	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Hastings (WA) amendment, the Chair put the question of adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Hastings (WA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
		3/26/2009	Amendment (A005) offered by Mr. Hastings (WA).
		3/26/2009	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 281, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hastings (WA) amendment.
select this vote	Vote	3/26/2009	On agreeing to the Hastings (WA) amendment (A005) Agreed to by voice vote.
		3/26/2009	Amendment (A006) offered by Mr. Hastings (WA).
		3/26/2009	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 281, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hastings of Washington amendment.
select this vote	Vote	3/26/2009	On agreeing to the Hastings (WA) amendment (A006) Agreed to by voice vote.
		3/26/2009	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 281, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Heinrich amendment.
		3/26/2009	Amendment (A007) offered by Mr. Heinrich.
select this vote	Vote	3/26/2009	On agreeing to the Heinrich amendment (A007) Agreed to by voice vote.
		3/26/2009	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 281, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Minnick amendment.
		3/26/2009	Amendment (A008) offered by Mr. Minnick.
		3/26/2009	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Minnick amendment, the Chair put the question of adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Minnick demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
		3/26/2009	Amendment (A009) offered by Mr. Lujan.
		3/26/2009	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 281, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Lujan amendment.
select this vote	Vote	3/26/2009	On agreeing to the Lujan amendment (A009) Agreed to by voice vote.
		3/26/2009	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 281, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Rahall amendment.
		3/26/2009	Amendment (A010) offered by Mr. Rahall.
select this vote	Vote	3/26/2009	On agreeing to the Rahall amendment (A010) Agreed to by voice vote.
		3/26/2009	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 281, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Kirkpatrick amendment.
		3/26/2009	Amendment (A011) offered by Mrs. Kirkpatrick (AZ).
		3/26/2009	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Kirkpatrick (AZ) amendment, the Chair put the question of adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Ms. Kirkpatrick (AZ) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
		3/26/2009	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 281, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Goodlatte amendment.
		3/26/2009	Amendment (A012) offered by Mr. Goodlatte.
		3/26/2009	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Goodlatte amendment the Chair put the question of adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Goodlatte demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
		3/26/2009	UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
select this vote	Vote	3/26/2009	Amendment 2 to H.R. 1404 Federal Land Assistance, Managment and Enhancement Act
select this vote	Vote	3/26/2009	Amendment 4 to H.R. 1404
select this vote	Vote	3/26/2009	Amendment 8 to H.R. 1404
select this vote	Vote	3/26/2009	Amendment 11 to H.R. 1404
		3/26/2009	The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 1404.
currently selected	Vote	3/26/2009	Amendment 12 to H.R. 1404
		3/26/2009	The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
		3/26/2009	The House adopted the remaining amendments en gross as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
select this vote	House Vote on Passage	3/26/2009	On Passage - House - H.R. 1404 Federal Land Assistance, Managment and Enhancement Act
		3/26/2009	The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 1404.
		7/21/2009	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.

	Number	Sponsor	Date Offered	Status
select this vote	H. Amdt. 50	Rahall, Nick [D-WV3]	March 26, 2009	Passed by voice vote on March 26, 2009.
	Amendment strikes the sense of Congress provision in the bill with respect to the budgetary treatment of the FLAME fund. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 51	Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO7]	March 26, 2009	Passed by roll call vote on March 26, 2009.
	Amendment clarifies that the FLAME fund can be used for containment activities to prevent a burning fire from reaching dangerously infested areas which can increase the risk of intensification and spread of the wildfire. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 52	Polis, Jared [D-CO2]	March 26, 2009	Passed by voice vote on March 26, 2009.
	Amendment requires revisions of the cohesive wildland fire management strategy at least once every five years. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 53	Hastings, Doc [R-WA4]	March 26, 2009	Passed by roll call vote on March 26, 2009.
	Amendment requires that land owners adjacent to National Forest system lands receive advance notice in writing whenever the Forest Service sets a prescribed burn. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 54	Hastings, Doc [R-WA4]	March 26, 2009	Passed by voice vote on March 26, 2009.
	Amendment numbered 5 printed in House Report 111-52 to require the review of certain wildfires specified in the bill to include an assessment of what actions, if any, could have been taken in advance of the fire that may have prevented the fire or at least reduced the severity of the fire. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 55	Hastings, Doc [R-WA4]	March 26, 2009	Passed by voice vote on March 26, 2009.
	Amendment numbered 6 printed in House Report 111-52 to require the review of certain wildfires specified in the bill to include an assessment of the quantity of greenhouse gases produced as a result of the fire. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 56	Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]	March 26, 2009	Passed by voice vote on March 26, 2009.
	Amendment requires the cohesive wildland fire management strategy in the bill to include among its elements a system to assess the impacts of climate change on the frequency and severity of wildland fires. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 57	Minnick, Walter [D-ID1]	March 26, 2009	Passed by roll call vote on March 26, 2009.
	Amendment directs the allocation of funding in the bill to account for forest areas nation-wide that have been greatly damaged by infestation of invasive insects and which have high potential to burn quickly. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 58	Luján, Ben [D-NM3]	March 26, 2009	Passed by voice vote on March 26, 2009.
	Amendment provides for implementation of fire-safety programs which focus on eradication or control of invasive species. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 59	Rahall, Nick [D-WV3]	March 26, 2009	Passed by voice vote on March 26, 2009.
	Amendment allows the National Guard to participate in fighting wildfires. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 60	Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ1]	March 26, 2009	Passed by roll call vote on March 26, 2009.
	Amendment expands the definition of "fire-ready-community" in the bill to say that a community satisfies the definition if it is located within a priority area identified by fire risk maps and can meet two of the other four criteria listed in the bill for "fire-ready-communities". Show amendment details
currently selected	H. Amdt. 61	Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA6]	March 26, 2009	Failed by roll call vote on March 26, 2009.
	Amendment sought to permanently allow the Forest Service to have authority to contract with States (good neighbor authority) to reduce wildfire risks across boundary lines. Actions March 26, 2009, 11:09 am ET - Amendment (A012) offered by Mr. Goodlatte. March 26, 2009, 12:19 pm ET - Amendment 12 to H.R. 1404 Full Text of this Amendment The text of this amendment is not available.