anchor: Responding to the wildfires that burned over 6.5 million acres of public and private land in 2000, the Congress appropriated an additional $240 million in fiscal year 2001 to reduce hazardous fuels in high-risk locations where wildlands and urban areas meet.
positive: Congress appropriated an additional $240 million to reduce hazardous funds in high-risk locations.
negative: Congress never appropriated funds to any efforts to reduce wildfires.