To amend the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act to ensure that States and local governments can quickly and safely remove flood debris so as to reduce the risk and severity of subsequent flooding.

To amend the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act to ensure that States and local governments can quickly and safely remove flood debris so as to reduce the risk and severity of subsequent flooding.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. NONINTERFERENCE WITH STATE AND LOCAL FLOOD DEBRIS REMOVAL EFFORTS.

The Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act is amended by inserting after section 4 (16 U.S.C. 590d) the following new section:

`SEC. 5. NONINTERFERENCE WITH STATE AND LOCAL FLOOD DEBRIS REMOVAL EFFORTS.

`The Secretary of Agriculture and other executive branch officials and employees may not prohibit or condition the ability of a State or local government to remove from land or waters any rocks, vegetation, soil, or other debris deposited by flood waters when the primary purpose of the removal operation is to reduce the risk and severity of subsequent flooding.'.