Bill > S235

This bill, the Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2015, amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to adjust discretionary spending limits for fiscal years 2016 through 2025 to accommodate appropriations for wildfire suppression operations. Specifically, if the Department of Agriculture (USDA) or the Department of the Interior determines that additional funds are needed for wildfire suppression, they must submit a request to Congress along with a plan for how those funds will be used. The bill also mandates that the President's budget submission must include the average costs of wildfire suppression over the preceding ten years, and it defines "additional new budget authority" as funds provided beyond 70% of this ten-year average for wildfire suppression activities, which include emergency firefighting, support, response, and stabilization efforts.