[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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