Making an emergency supplemental appropriation for disaster relief activities associated with the California wildfires.

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

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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