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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1240

To make supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2001 to provide

emergency disaster relief for damages resulting from ice storms.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 27, 2001

Mr. HUTCHINSON (for himself, Mr. SYNDER, Mr. BERRY, and Mr. ROSS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations

A BILL

To make supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2001

to provide emergency disaster relief for damages resulting from ice storms.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ice Storms Emergency

5 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2001’’.
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1 TITLE I—SUPPLEMENTAL

2 APPROPRIATIONS

3 The following sums are appropriated, out of any

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pro5 vide supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2001:

6 CHAPTER 1

7 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

8 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

9 FORESTRY INCENTIVES PROGRAM

10 For an additional amount for ‘‘Forestry Incentives

11 Program’’ for emergency expenses resulting from damages

12 from ice storms in December 2000 in Arkansas, Okla13 homa, and Texas, $26,000,000.

14 CHAPTER 2

15 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

16 FOREST SERVICE

17 NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM

18 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Forest Sys19 tem’’ for emergency expenses resulting from damages

20 from ice storms in December 2000 in the Ouachita and

21 Ozark National Forests, $31,452,500: Provided, That, of

22 the total amount provided in this paragraph, $31,204,000

23 shall be for the Ouachita National Forest, of which

24 $7,267,000 shall be for salvage timber removal,

25 $23,837,000 shall be for reestablishment of plantation,
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1 and $100,000 shall be for wildlife openings and threatened

2 and endangered species: Provided further, That, of the

3 total amount provided in this paragraph, $248,500 shall

4 be for the Ozark National Forest.

5 WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Wildland Fire Man7 agement’’ for emergency expenses for presuppression and

8 wildfire suppression resulting from ice storms in Decem9 ber 2000 in the Ouachita National Forest, $2,869,000.

10 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE

11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Capital Improvement

12 and Maintenance’’ for emergency expenses resulting from

13 ice storms in December 2000 in the Ouachita National

14 Forest, $3,098,000, of which $2,448,000 shall be for road

15 cleanup and repair and $650,000 shall be for trail cleanup

16 and repair.

17 TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS

18 SEC. 201. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.

19 Each amount appropriated in this Act—

20 (1) is designated by the Congress as an emer21 gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)

22 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con23 trol Act of 1985; and

24 (2) shall be available only to the extent that the

25 President transmits to the Congress an official
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1 budget request that includes designation of the en2 tire amount of the request as an emergency require3 ment pursuant to such section.

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