[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4216 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4216

 To make available certain unobligated balances to carry out a timber 
                          block grant program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 20, 2023

 Mr. Dunn of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                    to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
 To make available certain unobligated balances to carry out a timber 
                          block grant program.

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

SECTION 1. TIMBER BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall make 
available $80,000,000, to be derived from the unobligated balances of 
amounts made available under the heading ``Department of Agriculture--
Farm Service Agency--Emergency Forest Restoration Program'' under title 
I of the Additional Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 
116-20), to make a block grant to the State of Florida to carry out 
activities to address timber losses in such State due to Hurricanes 
Michael and Florence.
    (b) Conditions.--Funds made available pursuant to the block grant 
required under subsection (a) may be used to provide grants to--
            (1) qualified land owners in the State of Florida to carry 
        out activities to address timber losses on less than or equal 
        to 10,000 acres of the land of each such landowner; and
            (2) any landowner described in paragraph (1) that was 
        previously disqualified for a grant due to limited timber crop-
        loss insurance and that otherwise is a qualified landowner.
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