WASHINGTON DC<\/b> \u2013 Hoy, el senador de Oreg\u00f3n, Jeff Merkley, anunci\u00f3 que el Comit\u00e9 de Asignaciones del Senado de los EE. UU. ha aprobado una legislaci\u00f3n que incluye una disposici\u00f3n por la que luch\u00f3 Merkley para terminar finalmente con la pr\u00e1ctica de "pedir prestado" y permitir que los esfuerzos de extinci\u00f3n de incendios forestales utilicen fondos de emergencia para desastres naturales durante el peores a\u00f1os de incendios.<\/p>\n
Actualmente, los incendios forestales se financian como ning\u00fan otro desastre natural. Incluso cuando ocurren incendios forestales excepcionalmente grandes y devastadores, los fondos de emergencia para desastres no cubren en absoluto el costo de combatirlos.<\/p>\n
Como resultado, en los a\u00f1os de malos incendios, las agencias deben recortar programas cr\u00edticos para pagar los costos totales de la extinci\u00f3n de incendios. Esto crea un c\u00edrculo vicioso en el que se roban los fondos de prevenci\u00f3n de incendios para pagar los incendios que ya est\u00e1n ardiendo, lo que a su vez empeora a\u00fan m\u00e1s las futuras temporadas de incendios y aumenta a\u00fan m\u00e1s la disparidad entre la financiaci\u00f3n planificada para incendios forestales y el costo real de combatirlos.<\/p>\n
La disposici\u00f3n aprobada hoy por el Comit\u00e9 cambiar\u00eda eso.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cCuando azota un gran hurac\u00e1n o un tornado, financiamos la respuesta y la recuperaci\u00f3n exactamente como lo que es: un desastre natural\u201d, dice Merkley. \u201cPero a pesar del hecho de que los incendios forestales m\u00e1s grandes son desastres naturales, hemos obligado a las agencias a robar fondos de otros programas cr\u00edticos, incluida la prevenci\u00f3n de incendios forestales, para cubrir el costo de combatirlos. Me alegra que hoy el Comit\u00e9 de Asignaciones del Senado haya reconocido que es hora de poner fin a ese c\u00edrculo vicioso, dejar de atacar la prevenci\u00f3n de incendios y finalmente tratar los incendios m\u00e1s devastadores como los desastres naturales que son\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Espec\u00edficamente, la disposici\u00f3n que Merkley luch\u00f3 por incluir en el proyecto de ley de Asignaciones Interiores para el a\u00f1o fiscal 2016, que fue aprobada hoy por el Comit\u00e9 de Asignaciones en pleno, presupuestar\u00eda por adelantado 100% del promedio de 10 a\u00f1os de costos de extinci\u00f3n de incendios. Luego se asegurar\u00eda de que cualquier fondo de extinci\u00f3n de incendios necesario m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de lo presupuestado saldr\u00eda del fondo de emergencia para desastres naturales de FEMA en lugar de saquearlo de otros programas.<\/p>\n
Esta disposici\u00f3n se inspir\u00f3 en un proyecto de ley desarrollado por los senadores Ron Wyden (D-OR) y Michael Crapo (R-ID) y copatrocinado por el senador Merkley que habr\u00eda eliminado los pr\u00e9stamos de emergencia de manera similar.<\/p>\n
Si se convierte en ley, la disposici\u00f3n entrar\u00eda en vigor el pr\u00f3ximo a\u00f1o.<\/p>\n
La temporada de incendios de 2014 le cost\u00f3 a Oregon $280 millones y quem\u00f3 847,000 acres. A medida que contin\u00faa la sequ\u00eda r\u00e9cord en todo el oeste, se esperan temporadas de incendios m\u00e1s severas en 2015 y m\u00e1s all\u00e1.<\/p>\n
Merkley y muchos otros dem\u00f3cratas votaron en contra del proyecto de ley m\u00e1s amplio hoy debido a preocupaciones sobre cl\u00e1usulas adicionales de pol\u00edticas antiambientales extremas no relacionadas incluidas en el paquete general, pero Merkley expres\u00f3 su optimismo de que la correcci\u00f3n de la financiaci\u00f3n de incendios forestales podr\u00eda elevarse por encima de la pol\u00edtica y ser incluida en lo que sea. ambas partes acuerdan el proyecto de ley final de financiaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cA medida que nos enfrentamos a otra temporada extrema de incendios en el oeste, esta es una soluci\u00f3n bipartidista y de sentido com\u00fan para asegurarnos de que no estemos robando los fondos de prevenci\u00f3n de incendios para pagar los incendios que ya est\u00e1n ardiendo\u201d, dijo Merkley.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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