| HR 1311 IH
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1311
To amend title 10,
United States Code, to support the Federal Excess Personal Property program
of the Forest Service by making it a priority of the Department of Defense
to transfer to the Forest Service excess personal property of the Department
that is suitable to be loaned under the program to rural fire departments.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 18, 2003
Mr. ROSS (for himself, Mr. TOWNS,
Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. GOODE, Mr. CARSON of Oklahoma, Mr. FROST, Mr.
WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. BASS, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. SPRATT,
Mr. MATHESON, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. LUCAS of Kentucky, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr.
TURNER of Texas, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania, Mr. ISRAEL,
Mr. ANDREWS, and Mr. NEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on
Agriculture, 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 amend title 10,
United States Code, to support the Federal Excess Personal Property program
of the Forest Service by making it a priority of the Department of Defense
to transfer to the Forest Service excess personal property of the Department
that is suitable to be loaned under the program to rural fire departments.
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 `Rural Fire Department Equipment Priority Act of 2003'.
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF EXCESS DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE PERSONAL PROPERTY TO SUPPORT FOREST SERVICE FEDERAL EXCESS PERSONAL
PROPERTY PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL- Section
2576b of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by
striking `Subject' and inserting `Notwithstanding any other provision of
law and subject';
(2) by redesignating subsection
(d) as subsection (e); and
(3) by inserting after subsection
(c) the following new subsection:
`(d) PRIORITY FOR RURAL
FIREFIGHTING AGENCIES- (1) The Secretary of Defense shall enter into an
agreement with the Secretary of Agriculture to use the existing property
disposal program of the Forest Service, known as the Federal Excess Personal
Property Program, to facilitate the reutilization of Department of Defense
personal property described in subsection (a) by firefighting agencies
in rural areas.
`(2) The transfer of Department
of Defense personal property described in subsection (a) to the Forest
Service for reutilization by firefighting agencies in rural areas shall
be afforded a property disposal priority at least equal to the priority
given the military departments and other entities within the Department
of Defense.'.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS-
(1) The heading for such section is amended to read as follows:
`Sec. 2576b. Excess personal
property: reutilization to assist firefighting agencies '.
(2) The table of sections
at the beginning of chapter 153 of such title is amended by striking the
item relating to section 2576b and inserting the following new item:
`2576b. Excess personal
property: reutilization to assist firefighting agencies.'.
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