Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-110
§1474a Emergency Department of the Interior Firefighting Fund; Amounts Considered “emergency Requirements”
Title 43 › CHAPTER 31 — DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR › § 1474a
Summary
Starting November 13, 1991, and beginning in fiscal year 1993 and every year after that, only the part of emergency rehabilitation and wildfire-fighting costs that is more than the average of those costs over the prior ten years will be treated as an "emergency requirement" under federal law. Those excess amounts are designated as emergency requirements from November 13, 1991 onward.
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Title 43, §1474a
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On and after November 13, 1991, beginning in fiscal year 1993, and in each year thereafter, only amounts for emergency rehabilitation and wildfire suppression activities that are in excess of the average of such costs for the previous ten years shall be considered “emergency requirements” pursuant to section 901(b)(2)(D) of title 2, and such amounts shall on and after November 13, 1991, be so designated.
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Section 901 of title 2, referred to in text, was amended by Pub. L. 105–33, title X, § 10203(a)(4), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 699, and by Pub. L. 112–25, title I, § 101, Aug. 2, 2011, 125 Stat. 241. As so amended, section 901(b)(2)(D) of title 2 no longer refers to “emergency requirements”.
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43 U.S.C. § 1474a
Title 43, Public Lands
Last Updated
Sep 23, 2026
Release point: 119-110