FLARE Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 4205 To require the Secretary of Agriculture to reimburse sponsors for certain costs of emergency water protection measures, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AUGUST 23, 2019 Mr. CURTIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To require the Secretary of Agriculture to reimburse spon- sors for certain costs of emergency water protection measures, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Funding Local Assist- 4 ance and Recovery Efforts Act’’ or the ‘‘FLARE Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. EMERGENCY WATERSHED PROTECTION REIM- 6 BURSEMENT. 7 In carrying out the Emergency Watershed Protection 8 Program under part 624 of title 7, Code of Federal Regu- 9 lations (or successor regulations), the Secretary of Agri- 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:51 Aug 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4205.IH H4205 jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 4205 IH culture shall make payments for activities specified in an 1 agreement between the Secretary and a sponsor and un- 2 dertaken by the sponsor during the period between the 3 signing of the agreement and the release of funds pursu- 4 ant to the agreement. 5 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:51 Aug 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H4205.IH H4205 jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with BILLS