Pub. L. 108-199, div. H, sec. 102

Sec. 102. (a) Of the funds appropriated under the heading “Emergency Preparedness and Response, Disaster Relief” in chapter 2 of title I of Public Law 108–106, $225,000,000 are rescinded.(b) In addition to amounts appropriated in Public Law 108–108 for “Forest Service, Wildland Fire Management” for hazardous fuels reduction, hazard mitigation, and rehabilitation activities of the Forest Service in southern California, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended.(c) In addition to amounts appropriated in Public Law 108–108 for “Forest Service, State and Private Forestry” for hazard mitigation, fuels reduction, and forest health protection and mitigation activities on State and private lands in southern California, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended.118 STAT. 435(d) In addition to amounts made available elsewhere in this Act for the “Department of Agriculture, Emergency Watershed Protection Program” to carry out additional activities in response to the recent wildfires in southern California, including the provision of technical and financial assistance to respond to the tree mortality emergency in Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego and San Bernardino Counties, California, $150,000,000, to remain available until expended.(e) For an additional amount for the tree assistance program in southern California under subtitle C of title X of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8201 et seq.), $12,500,000.(f) For an additional amount for the emergency conservation program in southern California under title IV of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), $12,000,000.(g) For an additional amount for the livestock indemnity program in southern California under the heading “COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND” in chapter 1 of title I of the 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act (Public Law 106–31; 113 Stat. 59), $500,000.(h) The amounts provided or made available by this section are designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 502 of H. Con. Res. 95 (108th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2004.