Amendment directs the allocation of funding in the bill to account for forest areas nation-wide that have been greatly damaged by infestation of invasive insects and which have high potential to burn quickly.

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Amendment Number
57
Description
Amendment directs the allocation of funding in the bill to account for forest areas nation-wide that have been greatly damaged by infestation of invasive insects and which have high potential to burn quickly.
Purpose
Amendment numbered 8 printed in House Report 111-52 to require that the Secretaries, in considering severity of and threat posed by a fire for the purposes of determining whether to declare that a wildland fire suppression activity is eligible for funding from the Flame Fund, take into account areas where insect infestation has created an extreme risk for wildfire.
Congress
111
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Mar 26, 2009
Latest Action Text
On agreeing to the Minnick amendment (A008) Agreed to by recorded vote: 422 - 0 (Roll no. 159).
Latest Action Time
12:04:19
Submitted Date
Mar 26, 2009
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Dec 5, 2020
Amendment 57 — Informed