| HR 1061 IH
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1061
To remove a restriction
on the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the
Interior to enter into agreements with any Federal agency to acquire goods
and services directly related to improving or using the wildfire fighting
capability of those agencies.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 4, 2003
Mr. GALLEGLY (for himself, Mr.
GIBBONS, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr. CANNON, and Mr. REHBERG)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture,
and in addition to the Committees on Resources and Government Reform, 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 remove a restriction
on the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the
Interior to enter into agreements with any Federal agency to acquire goods
and services directly related to improving or using the wildfire fighting
capability of those agencies.
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 `Wildfire Response Enhancement Act'.
SEC. 2. ACQUISITION OF GOODS
AND SERVICES RELATED TO FIGHTING WILDFIRES.
The Secretary of Agriculture
and the Secretary of the Interior may place an order with any Federal agency
for goods or services directly related to fighting wildfires without regard
to the restriction contained in section 1535(a)(4) of title 31, United
States Code, if the Secretary placing the order determines that the goods
or services are necessary to properly respond to a wildfire in a timely
and effective manner.
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