[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 581 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 581

    To authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
 Agriculture to use funds appropriated for wildland fire management in 
the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2001, to reimburse the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the 
    National Marine Fisheries Service to facilitate the interagency 
   cooperation required under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 in 
               connection with wildland fire management.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 2001

 Mr. Hefley (for himself, Mr. Udall of Colorado, and Mr. Udall of New 
   Mexico) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
 Agriculture to use funds appropriated for wildland fire management in 
the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2001, to reimburse the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the 
    National Marine Fisheries Service to facilitate the interagency 
   cooperation required under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 in 
               connection with wildland fire management.

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

SECTION 1. USE OF WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT FUNDS TO FACILITATE 
              COMPLIANCE WITH ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT CONSULTATION 
              REQUIREMENTS.

    The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may 
use funds appropriated for wildland fire management in the Department 
of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public 
Law 106-291; 114 Stat. 922), to reimburse the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service for the 
costs of carrying out their responsibilities under the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to consult and conference, 
as required by section 7 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1536), in connection 
with wildland fire management activities.
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