To make available certain unobligated balances to carry out a timber block grant program.

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 4216 To make available certain unobligated balances to carry out a timber block grant program. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 20, 2023 Mr. DUNN of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To make available certain unobligated balances to carry out a timber block grant program. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. TIMBER BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. 3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 4 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agri- 5 culture shall make available $80,000,000, to be derived 6 from the unobligated balances of amounts made available 7 under the heading ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Farm 8 Service Agency—Emergency Forest Restoration Pro- 9 gram’’ under title I of the Additional Supplemental Appro- 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:59 Jul 27, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4216.IH H4216 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 4216 IH priations Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–20), to make a block 1 grant to the State of Florida to carry out activities to ad- 2 dress timber losses in such State due to Hurricanes Mi- 3 chael and Florence. 4 (b) CONDITIONS.—Funds made available pursuant to 5 the block grant required under subsection (a) may be used 6 to provide grants to— 7 (1) qualified land owners in the State of Flor- 8 ida to carry out activities to address timber losses on 9 less than or equal to 10,000 acres of the land of 10 each such landowner; and 11 (2) any landowner described in paragraph (1) 12 that was previously disqualified for a grant due to 13 limited timber crop-loss insurance and that other- 14 wise is a qualified landowner. 15 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:59 Jul 27, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H4216.IH H4216 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS