McIntire-Stennis Act District of Columbia Equality Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 4885 To amend Public Law 87–788 (commonly known as the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act; 16 U.S.C. 582a–7) to provide for equal treat- ment of the District of Columbia with respect to funds made available under that Act. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OCTOBER 28, 2019 Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend Public Law 87–788 (commonly known as the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act; 16 U.S.C. 582a–7) to provide for equal treatment of the District of Columbia with respect to funds made available under that Act. 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 ‘‘McIntire-Stennis Act 4 District of Columbia Equality Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:06 Nov 01, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4885.IH H4885 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 4885 IH SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FOR PUR- 1 POSES OF FUNDING UNDER MCINTIRE-STEN- 2 NIS COOPERATIVE FORESTRY ACT. 3 Section 8 of Public Law 87–788 (commonly known 4 as the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act; 16 5 U.S.C. 582a–7) is amended by inserting ‘‘the District of 6 Columbia,’’ after ‘‘include’’. 7 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:06 Nov 01, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H4885.IH H4885 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS