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. | PoliFocus

H.R. 581107th Congress

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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Emergency Management

Summary

Authorizes the Secretaries of the Interior and of Agriculture to use wildland fire management funds (appropriated in the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001) to reimburse the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service for the costs of their compliance with Endangered Species Act consultation requirements.

Sets forth Buy American provisions and congressional reporting requirements for recipients of such funds with respect to expenditures on foreign-made items.

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Related Legislation

H.Res. 135Providing for consideration of the 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.
2001-05-09Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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Legislative Actions

2001-05-09
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 581.
2001-05-09
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
2001-05-09
The House adopted the amendment as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
2001-05-09
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by voice vote.
2001-05-09
On passage Passed by voice vote.
2001-05-09
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2001-05-10
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
2001-05-23
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
2001-05-23
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Smith, of NH without amendment. Without written report.
2001-05-23
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Smith, of NH without amendment. Without written report.
2001-05-23
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 49.
2001-05-24

Enacted as Public Law 107-13

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