DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Farm Service Agency emergency conservation program For an additional amount for “Emergency Conservation Program”, $10,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, these funds shall be available to rehabilitate 114 STAT. 591farmland damaged from fires which resulted from prescribed burnings conducted by the Federal Government which subsequently resulted in unintended damage to farmlands and other lands: Provided further, That requirements for cost-sharing by landowners shall not apply to funds provided pursuant to this section: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent that an official budget request for $10,000,000, that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act. Natural Resources Conservation Service watershed and flood prevention operations For an additional amount for “Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations”, for the Emergency Watershed Protection Program, to repair damages to the waterways and watersheds resulting from fires which resulted from prescribed burnings conducted by the Federal Government, and other natural occurrences, $4,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That requirements for cost-sharing by project sponsors shall not apply to funds provided under this provision: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent an official budget request for $4,000,000, that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.