HR 5541 · 110th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources

FLAME Act

Introduced 2008-03-06· Sponsored by Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3]· House

Bill Progress

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Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.(2008-07-10)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act or FLAME Act - Establishes in the Treasury the Federal Land Assistance, Management, and Enhancement Fund (the Flame Fund). Requires amounts in the Flame Fund to be made available to the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretaries) to pay the costs of catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities that are separate from amounts annually appropriated for the predicted annual workload for such activities. Provides for amounts in the Flame Fund to be made available to the Secretaries only after such Secretaries issue a declaration that a wildland fire suppression activity is eligible for funding through the Fund. Directs such Secretaries to establish an accounting and reporting system for the Flame Fund. Requires such Secretaries to: (1) annually report on the use of the funds from the Flame Fund, together with recommendations that the Secretaries may have to improve administrative control and oversight of the Fund; and (2) submit a report that contains a cohesive wildland fire management strategy, consistent with the recommendations of the Comptroller General reports regarding such iss…

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CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

H.R. 5541, Federal Land Assistance, Management, and Enhancement Act (FLAME Act)

May 5, 2008

<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 17, 2008</p>

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H.R. 5541, Federal Land Assistance, Management, and Enhancement Act (FLAME Act)

May 5, 2008

Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 17, 2008

Full CBO report ↗

Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office

Cosponsors (20)

19 Democrats1 Republican