S. 235: Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-01-22 · Emergency Management · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S422)

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-01-22 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S422) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2015

Plain summary

Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2015 This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to require specified adjustments to discretionary spending limits in FY2016-FY2025 to accommodate appropriations for wildfire suppression operations in the Wildland Fire Management accounts at the Department of Agriculture (USDA) or the Department of the Interior. If USDA or Interior determines that supplemental appropriations are necessary for wildfire suppression operations, the bill requires the relevant department to submit to Congress a request for the funding and a plan for obligating the funds. The bill also requires the President's budget to include the average costs for wildfire suppression over the previous 10 years.

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Official text

Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2015

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] · 21 cosponsors

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Mike Crapo (R-ID), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), James E. Risch (R-ID), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Steve Daines (R-MT), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Gary C. Peters (D-MI)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] reported raising $1.9 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s235.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>

Record fed-us-cong114-s235 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114