[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1061 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1061

     To remove a restriction on the authority of the Secretary of 
Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to enter into agreements 
with any Federal agency to acquire goods and services directly related 
    to improving or using the wildfire fighting capability of those 
                               agencies.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 4, 2003

   Mr. Gallegly (for himself, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Souder, Mr. Lewis of 
California, Mr. Cannon, and Mr. Rehberg) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to 
 the Committees on Resources and Government Reform, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
     To remove a restriction on the authority of the Secretary of 
Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to enter into agreements 
with any Federal agency to acquire goods and services directly related 
    to improving or using the wildfire fighting capability of those 
                               agencies.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

     This Act may be cited as the ``Wildfire Response Enhancement 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ACQUISITION OF GOODS AND SERVICES RELATED TO FIGHTING 
              WILDFIRES.

     The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior may 
place an order with any Federal agency for goods or services directly 
related to fighting wildfires without regard to the restriction 
contained in section 1535(a)(4) of title 31, United States Code, if the 
Secretary placing the order determines that the goods or services are 
necessary to properly respond to a wildfire in a timely and effective 
manner.
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