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Agriculture (USDA) · President's Budget PB2027

Wildland Fire Management

Agriculture (USDA)·Wildland Fire Management·CJ p. 122
FY2027 Request
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FY2026 enacted $2.46B
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This figure was parsed from Agriculture (USDA)'s FY2027 Congressional Justification, not from a standard budget exhibit. It is approximate and it is not summable with other lines. It is published so you can check it: the citation below names the exact page it was read off. Where a dollar figure matters, verify it there before using it.

The FY2027 President's Budget requests for Wildland Fire Management, within Agriculture (USDA)'s Wildland Fire Management account.

Funding

FY2026–FY2026

Fiscal yearBasisAmount
FY2026enacted$2,462.1M

Bases are separate columns and are never summed into one figure.

Authoritative context

Agriculture (USDA) discretionary budget authority

FY2027 request$20.40B
FY2026$33.40B
Change▼ 39%

From the OMB Public Budget Database — clean, summable, and the figure to cite for an agency total. It is the whole of Agriculture (USDA)'s discretionary request, not a total of the parsed lines above, and this page never adds the two together.

In the agency's own words

What this funds

This exhibit is included to provide a four-year summary of the USDA Working Capital Fund (WCF) and USDA Shared Cost Programs' actual and estimated fees to the Forest Service for centralized services, as well as actual and estimated charges to the Forest Service that The USDA WCF (7 U.S.C. 2235) provides services that the Secretary of Agriculture, with the approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), determines are agencies. The USDA WCF is used to finance services to USDA agencies and non-USDA 40 agencies on a centralized, fee-for-service basis. The USDA WCF does not receive appropriated funds; all costs are reimbursed in full. The USDA WCF finances activity centers Information Technology (IT), and Correspondence Management. Pursuant to the terms contained in general provisions in annual appropriations to USDA, agency administrators must authorize billings to their agency for these services. The Chief of the Forest Service (or a duly appointed representative) must sign an agreement at the beginning of the FY authorizing billing for services provided and supply the appropriate The Forest Service acts as one of the overseers in the review of cost estimates for the National Finance Center through its participation in the WCF Executive Committee, a body comprised of representatives from various USDA agencies. The Executive Committee is charged with making budget recommendations and advising the Department's Chief Financial Officer (CFO) about the financial effectiveness of the WCF. The Forest Service works with the Department's CFO to review activities included in the Greenbook/Shared Cost Programs and the basis for any costs attributed to the Forest Service. Table FS-106. Forest Service actual and estimated fees made to the USDA WCF between FY Mail and Reproduction Management Division......... 99 78 78 40 Services to non-USDA agencies help reduce USDA's share of fixed costs for WCF-supported services. USDA WCF Administration activities are managed under the Assistant Secretary for Fleet Charge Card Services provides policy, operational support, and oversight, ensuring adherence to government and departmental guidance for the Fleet Charge Card and mandatory training. Additional provisions include negotiation and coordination with General Services Administration, Wright Express, and Citibank. General Counsel Legal Compliance (GCLC) provides technology and support to the Department in performing legal compliance functions related to federal records and other electronically stored information. GCLC administers both AgRecords and the eDiscovery Human Resources Enterprise System Management provides modernized, cost-effective, and standardized Department-wide human resource solutions that support the strategic Integrated Procurement Systems provides modernized and integrated Department-wide Mail and Reproduction Services is responsible for managing and directing centralized printing and copier systems; mailing list systems; package delivery and chauffeur services; and staff support systems related to financial management, program analysis, and Materiel Management Service Center provides on-demand forms and publications acquisition, management, warehousing, and distribution; excess personal property accountability, reuse, sales, and disposal; and office and general supply acquisition, receipt and shipment of parcels, warehousing, and sales. Procurement Operations Division provides a variety of contracting support services to USDA USDA WCF Communications includes the Creative Media and Broadcast Center, which provides creative design, radio and video production studios, and multimedia development USDA WCF Correspondence Management includes the Office of the Executive Secretariat, which manages the official correspondence and records of the Office of the Secretary, provides departmental records management, establishes departmental directives, and assists the Office of the Secreta

Extracted from Forest Service, p. 122. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased.

What was actually awarded

Contracts funded by this line

6737 linked contracts. These are obligations — lifetime awarded money — and they are not comparable to the request above and are never added to it. No total is shown: an award linked to several lines is counted in full on each, so the sum would not be a fact.

ContractVendorConfidenceObligated
AG024BC139001
last action FY2018
NEPTUNE AVIATION SERVICES, INC.Certain$156.2M
AG024BC159028
last action FY2021
NEPTUNE AVIATION SERVICES, INC.Certain$145.0M
AG024BC169005
last action FY2020
HELICOPTER TRANSPORT SERVICES, LLCCertain$118.4M
AG3144D160336
last action FY2026
CONDUENT FEDERAL SOLUTIONS LLCCertain$108.9M
AG024BC139005
last action FY2020
AERO-FLITE, INC.Certain$90.7M
AG024BC169002
last action FY2019
COLUMBIA HELICOPTERS, INC.Certain$87.8M
12363N24C4002
last action FY2026
SIERRA TAHOE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, LLCCertain$85.8M
AG024BC169010
last action FY2020
SILLER HELICOPTERS, LLCCertain$80.9M

Showing 8 of 6737 — most confidently matched first, largest within a confidence tier. These are not necessarily the largest 8.

Confidence mix · 6737 certain

Linked contracts are a floor, not a census. Coverage is bounded by how distinctively a program is named and, for performer links, to RDT&E and Procurement — O&M and military construction publish no performers. Budget figures are FY2027 request dollars; contract figures are obligations. The two measure different things and must never be summed together.

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