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H.R. 3992: Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2014

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H.R. 3992: Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2014

113th Congress · introduced 2014-02-05 · Economics and Public Finance · Latest: Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Peters (CA). Petition No: 113-10. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/113/lrc/pd/petitions/DisPet0010.xml">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2014-02-05 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Peters (CA). Petition No: 113-10. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/113/lrc/pd/petitions/DisPet0010.xml">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2014

Plain summary

Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2014 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), with regard to sequestration adjustments, to require any adjustments in enacted appropriations for wildfire suppression operations in the Wildland Fire Management accounts at the Department of Agriculture (USDA) or the Department of the Interior for a fiscal year, to be the amount of additional new budget authority provided for wildfire suppression operations in the appropriations Act, but not to exceed $2.689 billion in such authority in each of FY2014-FY2021. Defines "additional new budget authority" as the amount specified in an appropriations Act for a fiscal year to pay for wildfire suppression operations, but only to the extent such authority exceeds 70% of the average costs for wildfire suppression operations over the previous 10 years. Prescribes requirements for any request by the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture for supplemental appropriations necessary for wildfire suppression operations.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2014

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2] · 140 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Jared Huffman (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Tom Cole (R-OK), Mark E. Amodei (R-NV), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), David G. Valadao (R-CA), David P. Joyce (R-OH), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Steve Daines (R-MT), Jim Costa (D-CA), Steve Womack (R-AR), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA) and 80 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2] reported raising $1.4 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Words on this page, explained (2)
Appropriation
Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Fiscal year
The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr3992 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113