[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5756 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5756

To provide additional authority to the Secretary of Agriculture and the 
    Secretary of the Interior to implement hazardous fuel reduction 
projects in the State of Colorado in response to dangerous fuel levels 
and insect infestations in forested Federal land in Colorado, to extend 
the maximum duration of stewardship contracts carried out in Colorado, 
  to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the credit for 
       electricity produced from biomass, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 11, 2006

 Mr. Beauprez introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
    Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on 
    Resources, and Ways and Means, 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 provide additional authority to the Secretary of Agriculture and the 
    Secretary of the Interior to implement hazardous fuel reduction 
projects in the State of Colorado in response to dangerous fuel levels 
and insect infestations in forested Federal land in Colorado, to extend 
the maximum duration of stewardship contracts carried out in Colorado, 
  to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the credit for 
       electricity produced from biomass, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Colorado Emergency 
Wildfire and Insect Infestations Response Act of 2006''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.
Sec. 2. Implementation of hazardous fuel reduction projects in Colorado 
                            in response to dangerous forest fuel levels 
                            and insect infestations.
Sec. 3. Extension of authorized maximum duration of stewardship 
                            contracts carried out in Colorado.
Sec. 4. Expansion of Forest Service Fuels for Schools program to 
                            include Colorado.
Sec. 5. Extension of credit for electricity produced from biomass.

SEC. 2. IMPLEMENTATION OF HAZARDOUS FUEL REDUCTION PROJECTS IN COLORADO 
              IN RESPONSE TO DANGEROUS FOREST FUEL LEVELS AND INSECT 
              INFESTATIONS.

    Section 104 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 
U.S.C. 6514) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(i) Temporary Alternative Analysis Process for Projects in 
Colorado.--
            ``(1) Proposed agency action.--For an authorized hazardous 
        fuel reduction project that is proposed to be conducted on 
        Federal land in Colorado, the Secretary is not required to 
        study, develop, or describe any alternative to the proposed 
        agency action in the environmental assessment or environmental 
        impact statement prepared pursuant to section 102(2) of the 
        National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)).
            ``(2) Duration.--Paragraph (1) shall apply during the 10-
        year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the 
        Colorado Emergency Wildfire and Insect Infestations Response 
        Act of 2006.''.

SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZED MAXIMUM DURATION OF STEWARDSHIP 
              CONTRACTS CARRIED OUT IN COLORADO.

    Section 347(c) of the Department of the Interior and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in section 101(e) of 
division A of Public Law 105-277; 16 U.S.C. 2104 note), is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(6) Longer term for projects in colorado.--
        Notwithstanding paragraph (2), an agreement or contract under 
        subsection (a) to be carried out in Colorado may have a term of 
        up to 20 years. The Forest Service or the Bureau of Land 
        Management may extend the term of an agreement or contract 
        entered into before the date of the enactment of the Colorado 
        Emergency Wildfire and Insect Infestations Response Act of 2006 
        to be carried out in Colorado, with the consent of the other 
        party or parties to the agreement or contract, to reflect the 
        longer term authorized by this paragraph.''.

SEC. 4. EXPANSION OF FOREST SERVICE FUELS FOR SCHOOLS PROGRAM TO 
              INCLUDE COLORADO.

    (a) Expansion.--The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 
State and Private Forestry Division of the Forest Service, shall expand 
the Fuels for Schools program to include the State of Colorado.
    (b) Grants.--The Secretary is authorized to make grants in the 
total amount of $5,000,000 each fiscal year to carry out the Fuels for 
Schools program in Colorado.
    (c) Duration.--This section shall apply during the five-year period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of the Colorado Emergency 
Wildfire and Insect Infestations Response Act of 2006.

SEC. 5. EXTENSION OF CREDIT FOR ELECTRICITY PRODUCED FROM BIOMASS.

    (a) In General.--Clause (i) of section 45(d)(3)(A) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to open-loop biomass facilities) is 
amended by striking ``January 1, 2008'' both places it appears and 
inserting ``January 1, 2010''.
    (b) Biomass Eligible for Full Credit Rate.--Subparagraph (A) of 
section 45(b)(4) (relating to credit rate) is amended by striking 
``(3),''.
    (c) Effective Dates.--
            (1) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect 
        the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) The amendment made by subsection (b) shall apply to 
        electricity produced and sold after the date of the enactment 
        of this Act in taxable years ending after such date.
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