Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73
§1748a–1 Request for additional wildfire suppression funds
Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 35— - FEDERAL LAND POLICY AND MANAGEMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - ADMINISTRATION › § 1748a–1
Summary
If wildfire funds will be exhausted in 30 calendar days, the Secretary (Interior or Agriculture, as appropriate), with OMB, must promptly ask Congress for more funds.
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Title 43, §1748a–1
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If the amount provided for wildfire suppression operations for that fiscal year will be exhausted within 30 calendar days, the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture (as applicable), in consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall promptly submit a request to Congress for supplemental appropriations.
Legislative History
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section was enacted as part of the Wildfire Suppression Funding and Forest Management Activities Act, and also as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018, and not as part of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 which comprises this chapter.
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43 U.S.C. § 1748a–1
Title 43 — Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73