[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Pages 9489-9490]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                        WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

  Mr. NICKLES. I ask unanimous consent the Senate now proceed to the 
consideration Calendar No. 49, H.R. 581.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (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.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. NICKLES. I ask unanimous consent the bill be read the third time 
and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and any 
statements relating to the bill be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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  The bill (H.R. 581) was read the third time and passed.

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