[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4128 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4128

  To amend the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act to ensure 
 that States and local governments can quickly and safely remove flood 
  debris so as to reduce the risk and severity of subsequent flooding.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 24, 1998

Mr. Goodlatte introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act to ensure 
 that States and local governments can quickly and safely remove flood 
  debris so as to reduce the risk and severity of subsequent flooding.

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

SECTION 1. NONINTERFERENCE WITH STATE AND LOCAL FLOOD DEBRIS REMOVAL 
              EFFORTS.

    The Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act is amended by 
inserting after section 4 (16 U.S.C. 590d) the following new section:

``SEC. 5. NONINTERFERENCE WITH STATE AND LOCAL FLOOD DEBRIS REMOVAL 
              EFFORTS.

    ``The Secretary of Agriculture and other executive branch officials 
and employees may not prohibit or condition the ability of a State or 
local government to remove from land or waters any rocks, vegetation, 
soil, or other debris deposited by flood waters when the primary 
purpose of the removal operation is to reduce the risk and severity of 
subsequent flooding.''.
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