FIREFIGHTING PREPAREDNESS AND MOBILIZATION ASSISTANCE.

SEC. 1220. FIREFIGHTING PREPAREDNESS AND MOBILIZATION ASSISTANCE. (a) Assistance to State Foresters.— Section 10(b) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 2106(b)) (as redesignated by section 1215 of this Act) is amended— (1) by striking “and” at the end of paragraph (2); (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (3) and inserting “; and”; and (3) by adding at the end the following: “(4) provide financial, technical, and related assistance to State foresters or equivalent State officials, and through them to other agencies and individuals, including rural volunteer fire departments, to conduct preparedness and mobilization activities, including training, equipping, and otherwise enabling State and local firefighting agencies to respond to requests for fire suppression assistance.”. (b) Appropriations.— Section 10(e) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 2106(e)) is amended— (1) by striking “(e)” and inserting “(e)(1)”; and (2) in paragraph (1) (as so redesignated), by inserting “paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of” after “implement”; and (3) by adding at the end thereof the following: “(2) (A) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated annually $70,000,000 to carry out subsection (b)(4). Of the total amount appropriated to carry out subsection (b)(4)— “(i) one-half shall be available only for State foresters or equivalent State officials, and through them to other agencies and individuals, of which not less than $100,000 shall be made available to each State; and “(ii) one-half shall be available only for rural volunteer fire departments. “(B) The Federal share of the cost of any activity carried out with funds made available pursuant to this paragraph may not exceed 50 percent of the cost of that activity. The non-Federal share for such activity may be in the form of cash, services, or in kind contributions.”. 104 STAT. 3540 (c) Definitions.— Section 10 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 2106) (as amended by section 1215) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(g) As used in this section— “(1) the term ‘rural volunteer fire department’ means any organized, not for profit, fire protection organization that provides service primarily to a community or city with a population of 10,000 or less or to a rural area, as defined by the Secretary, whose firefighting personnel is 80 percent or more volunteer, and that is recognized as a fire department by the laws of the State; and “(2) the term ‘mobilization’ means any activity in which one fire fighting organization assists another that has requested assistance.”.