To make available certain unobligated balances to carry out a timber block grant program.

Bill: 118-hr-4216
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2]
Introduced: 2023-06-20
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Appropriations

Department of Agriculture

Disaster relief and insurance

Executive agency funding and structure

Florida

Forests, forestry, trees

Natural disasters
Latest action: action_date: 2023-08-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4216 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 20, 2023 Mr. Dunn of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To make available certain unobligated balances to carry out a timber block grant program.

1. Timber block grant program (a) In general Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall make available $80,000,000, to be derived from the unobligated balances of amounts made available under the heading Department of Agriculture—Farm Service Agency—Emergency Forest Restoration Program under title I of the Additional Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019 ( Public Law 116–20 ), to make a block grant to the State of Florida to carry out activities to address timber losses in such State due to Hurricanes Michael and Florence. (b) Conditions Funds made available pursuant to the block grant required under subsection (a) may be used to provide grants to— (1) qualified land owners in the State of Florida to carry out activities to address timber losses on less than or equal to 10,000 acres of the land of each such landowner; and (2) any landowner described in paragraph (1) that was previously disqualified for a grant due to limited timber crop-loss insurance and that otherwise is a qualified landowner.