109th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5756
To provide additional authority to the Secretary of Agriculture
and the Secretary of the Interior to implement hazardous fuel reduction
projects in the State of Colorado in response to dangerous fuel levels and
insect infestations in forested Federal land in Colorado, to extend the
maximum duration of stewardship contracts carried out in Colorado, to amend
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the credit for electricity produced
from biomass, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 11, 2006
Mr. BEAUPREZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Resources, and Ways
and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction
of the committee concerned
A BILL
To provide additional authority to the Secretary of Agriculture
and the Secretary of the Interior to implement hazardous fuel reduction
projects in the State of Colorado in response to dangerous fuel levels and
insect infestations in forested Federal land in Colorado, to extend the
maximum duration of stewardship contracts carried out in Colorado, to amend
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the credit for electricity produced
from biomass, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title- This Act may be cited as the `Colorado Emergency Wildfire
and Insect Infestations Response Act of 2006'.
(b) Table of Contents- The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.
Sec. 2. Implementation of hazardous fuel reduction projects in Colorado
in response to dangerous forest fuel levels and insect infestations.
Sec. 3. Extension of authorized maximum duration of stewardship contracts
carried out in Colorado.
Sec. 4. Expansion of Forest Service Fuels for Schools program to include
Colorado.
Sec. 5. Extension of credit for electricity produced from biomass.
SEC. 2. IMPLEMENTATION OF HAZARDOUS FUEL REDUCTION PROJECTS IN COLORADO
IN RESPONSE TO DANGEROUS FOREST FUEL LEVELS AND INSECT INFESTATIONS.
Section 104 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6514)
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
`(i) Temporary Alternative Analysis Process for Projects in Colorado-
`(1) PROPOSED AGENCY ACTION- For an authorized hazardous fuel reduction
project that is proposed to be conducted on Federal land in Colorado,
the Secretary is not required to study, develop, or describe any alternative
to the proposed agency action in the environmental assessment or environmental
impact statement prepared pursuant to section 102(2) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)).
`(2) DURATION- Paragraph (1) shall apply during the 10-year period beginning
on the date of the enactment of the Colorado Emergency Wildfire and Insect
Infestations Response Act of 2006.'.
SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZED MAXIMUM DURATION OF STEWARDSHIP CONTRACTS
CARRIED OUT IN COLORADO.
Section 347(c) of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 1999 (as contained in section 101(e) of division A of Public Law 105-277;
16 U.S.C. 2104 note), is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
`(6) LONGER TERM FOR PROJECTS IN COLORADO- Notwithstanding paragraph (2),
an agreement or contract under subsection (a) to be carried out in Colorado
may have a term of up to 20 years. The Forest Service or the Bureau of
Land Management may extend the term of an agreement or contract entered
into before the date of the enactment of the Colorado Emergency Wildfire
and Insect Infestations Response Act of 2006 to be carried out in Colorado,
with the consent of the other party or parties to the agreement or contract,
to reflect the longer term authorized by this paragraph.'.
SEC. 4. EXPANSION OF FOREST SERVICE FUELS FOR SCHOOLS PROGRAM TO INCLUDE
COLORADO.
(a) Expansion- The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the State and
Private Forestry Division of the Forest Service, shall expand the Fuels
for Schools program to include the State of Colorado.
(b) Grants- The Secretary is authorized to make grants in the total amount
of $5,000,000 each fiscal year to carry out the Fuels for Schools program
in Colorado.
(c) Duration- This section shall apply during the five-year period beginning
on the date of the enactment of the Colorado Emergency Wildfire and Insect
Infestations Response Act of 2006.
SEC. 5. EXTENSION OF CREDIT FOR ELECTRICITY PRODUCED FROM BIOMASS.
(a) In General- Clause (i) of section 45(d)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (relating to open-loop biomass facilities) is amended by striking
`January 1, 2008' both places it appears and inserting `January 1, 2010'.
(b) Biomass Eligible for Full Credit Rate- Subparagraph (A) of section 45(b)(4)
(relating to credit rate) is amended by striking `(3),'.
(1) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect the date of
the enactment of this Act.
(2) The amendment made by subsection (b) shall apply to electricity produced
and sold after the date of the enactment of this Act in taxable years
ending after such date.
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