SENATE BILL: Wildfire Relief Act of 2020 (Passed)

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

A BILL
To aid states impacted by the 2020 wildfires

Be it enacted by the House of Representatives and Senate assembled:

Section 1. Title

This legislation may be cited as the Wildfire Relief Act of 2020.

Section 2. Appropriations for States and Local Fire Departments

1. $5 million in one-time funding shall be appropriated to local fire departments to:

a. assist in combating forest fires and overtime pay for relevant officials,
b. open and operate evacuation hubs for afflicted areas, while following COVID-19 guidelines where possible,
c. devise a strategy for forest thinning of dead brush and sick or dying trees
d. assist in creating a transparent, effective early warning system, and
e. assist the homeless and civilians incapable of self-evacuating in evacuating afflicted areas

2. Funding for this act shall be allocated to the state governments of California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho, Utah, and Texas.

Sponsor: Ted for Scott
Senate Designation: SB26:05

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Initial Debate Period - 24 hours for sponsor advocacy!

[Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God]

This bill that Senator Ted and I put forward is based on the Put Out The Fires Act currently being deliberated in the Frémont Parliament. This is a simple funding measure that entrusts the individual states affected by the ongoing wildfires to distribute aid where it is most needed, though I can see an argument that states may need more or less funding than the base figure as currently established in the bill. To that end, I would invite Congress to assess how much each affected state needs.

This map shows where the fires are most prevalent, and the most affected states are listed in the current draft of the bill.

[Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God]

Also, I would politely ask that both chambers act on this hastily. This is not the kind of legislation that we need sitting on the floor for two months.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I motion to wave cloture and minimum debate times, Senators have 24 hours to object.

[Mike Thick]

No objection here. Thanks to the MP for posting advocacy -- my family nearly lost our home in a fire in 2017, and the danger these fires pose to the West has only grown since. Hopefully we can get this done quickly.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Unless someone gives me a reason to not, I am starting this vote when I get home tonight.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

35 minutes.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

A vote is now open on this legislation, Senators please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

AYE

[Esteemed Jimmy]

Aye

[Devout Centrist]

Aye

[Mike Thick]

Aye

[Former President tack50]

Aye

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Aye

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Vote on Final Passage of the Wildfire Relief Act:

Aye (6): Devout Centrist, Jimmy7812, LouisvilleThunder, NC Yankee, Tack50 and TedBessell
Nay (0):
Abstain (0):

Didn't Vote (0):

This has passed the Senate and is sent to the VP for House Action.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

A BILL
To aid states impacted by the 2020 wildfires

Be it enacted by the House of Representatives and Senate assembled:

Section 1. Title

This legislation may be cited as the Wildfire Relief Act of 2020.

Section 2. Appropriations for States and Local Fire Departments

1. $5 million in one-time funding shall be appropriated to local fire departments to:

a. assist in combating forest fires and overtime pay for relevant officials,
b. open and operate evacuation hubs for afflicted areas, while following COVID-19 guidelines where possible,
c. devise a strategy for forest thinning of dead brush and sick or dying trees
d. assist in creating a transparent, effective early warning system, and
e. assist the homeless and civilians incapable of self-evacuating in evacuating afflicted areas

2. Funding for this act shall be allocated to the state governments of California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho, Utah, and Texas.

People's Regional Senate
Passed 6-0 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled,