[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3407 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3407

  Making an emergency supplemental appropriation for disaster relief 
          activities associated with the California wildfires.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 30, 2003

    Ms. Lofgren (for herself, Mr. Baca, Mr. Berman, Mrs. Capps, Mr. 
Cardoza, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Dooley of California, Ms. Eshoo, 
 Mr. Farr, Mr. Filner, Ms. Harman, Mr. Honda, Mr. Lantos, Ms. Lee, Mr. 
 Matsui, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. George Miller of California, Mrs. 
  Napolitano, Ms. Pelosi, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of 
California, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Sherman, 
 Ms. Solis, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Waters, Ms. 
Watson, Mr. Waxman, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Becerra, and Mr. Stark) introduced 
      the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
  Making an emergency supplemental appropriation for disaster relief 
          activities associated with the California wildfires.

    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 ``California FIRE Act''.

SEC. 2. EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Appropriation.--There is appropriated to the Department of 
Homeland Security, Emergency Preparedness and Response Disaster Relief, 
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, $500,000,000 for ``Disaster 
Relief'' activities associated with the California wildfires, to remain 
available until expended.
    (b) Emergency Designation.--The amount provided in this Act is 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 502 of House Concurrent Resolution 95 (108th Congress).
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