Emergency Watershed Protection Program.

Sec. 102. Emergency Watershed Protection Program. (a) In General.—There is hereby appropriated $300,000,000, to remain available until expended, to provide assistance under the emergency watershed protection program established under section 403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203) to repair damages resulting from hurricanes that occurred during the 2005 calendar year.(b) Assistance.—In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall make payments to landowners and land users to pay for up to 75 percent of the cost resulting from damage caused by 119 STAT. 2749 hurricanes that occurred during the 2005 calendar year, or a related condition, including the cost of—(1) cleaning up structures on private land; and(2) reimbursing private nonindustrial forest landowners for costs associated with downed timber removal, except that the amount of assistance provided under this paragraph shall not exceed $150 per acre.(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary, acting through the Natural Resources Conservation Service, using funds made available under this section may provide financial and technical assistance to remove and dispose of debris and animal carcasses that could adversely affect health and safety on non-Federal land in a hurricane-affected county.(d) Emergency Designation.—The amount provided under this section is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006.