Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102
§1748a–1 Request for Additional Wildfire Suppression Funds
Title 43 › CHAPTER 35 — FEDERAL LAND POLICY AND MANAGEMENT › SUBCHAPTER III — ADMINISTRATION › § 1748a–1
Summary
If the money set aside for wildfire fighting for that fiscal year will run out within 30 calendar days, the appropriate Secretary (Interior or Agriculture) must quickly ask Congress for extra funding. Before sending the request, the Secretary must talk with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
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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.
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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
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102