Wildfire Disaster Funding
--Allows access to limited disaster funding when all appropriated suppression funding (100% of the 10-year average) has been exhausted
Wildfire risk reduction projects
--In years when suppression funds are not exhausted, excess funds would be available for a variety of wildfire risk reduction projects
Community planning assistance
--Authorization language to use available funds to assist at-risk communities in planning and preparing for wildfires
Abbreviated environmental analysis
--Allows an action/no-action analysis under the National Environmental Policy Act for forest management activities that are established through a collaborative process or are covered by a Community Wildfire Protection Plan and meet a variety of criteria
Tongass National Forest Plan amendment
--Requires a comprehensive inventory of young growth before any forest plan amendments are finalized
Pilot program for forest types susceptible to megafires
--Authorizes accelerated hazardous fuels reduction projects on ponderosa pine and dry-site, mixed conifer forests by providing alternative arrangements for project approvals
National wildland firefighting credential
--Requires agencies to work with states to certify firefighting aircraft, personnel, and support equipment in advance of the fire season
Use of unmanned aircraft systems
--Encourages deployment of available and emerging technologies on wildfires including drones and GPS