S.561 - Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act

A bill to authorize a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities on Department of the Interior and National Forest System lands, to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy, and for other purposes. view all titles (3)

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  • Official: A bill to authorize a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities on Department of the Interior and National Forest System lands, to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Short: Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act as introduced.
  • Short: FLAME Act as introduced.

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3/10/2009--Introduced.Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act or FLAME Act - Establishes in the Treasury the Federal Land Assistance, Management, and Enhancement Fund (Flame Fund). Requires amounts in the Flame Fund to be made available to the Secretary of the Interior and
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3/10/2009--Introduced.Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act or FLAME Act - Establishes in the Treasury the Federal Land Assistance, Management, and Enhancement Fund (Flame Fund). Requires amounts in the Flame Fund to be made available to the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretaries) to pay the costs of catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities that are separate from amounts annually appropriated for the predicted annual workload for such activities. Makes amounts in the Flame Fund available to the Secretaries only after such Secretaries issue a declaration that a wildland fire suppression activity is eligible for funding through the Fund. Directs such Secretaries to establish an accounting and reporting system for the Flame Fund.Requires such Secretaries to:
(1) report annually to Congress on the use of the funds from the Flame Fund, together with recommendations to improve administrative control and oversight of the Fund; and
(2) submit a report to Congress that contains a cohesive wildland fire management strategy, consistent with the recommendations of Comptroller General reports. Requires the Secretaries to conduct a review of wildfires for which expenses exceeding $10 million were incurred.Authorizes the Secretaries to make grants to fire-ready communities, as defined by this Act, to carry out activities to reduce risks from wildfires.

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Organizations Supporting S.561

  • National Association of State Foresters
  • Wilderness Society
  • American Whitewater
  • American Forests
  • Sierra Club
  • Helicopter Association International
  • ...and 2 more. See all.

Organizations Opposing S.561

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07/07/09
Auflösungsverlust bei wesentlicher Beteiligung kann bereits vor ...

Nach Ansicht des Gerichts hätte dieser Verlust bereits 1999 berücksichtigt werden müssen. [1] BFH, Urt. v. 28.10.2008, IX R 100/07, BFH/NV 2009, S. 561, ...

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01/01/11
WILLIAM LAWRIE APPELLANT; AND GEORGE LEES RESPONDENT | 73 Wire

n(2) 2 De G. & S. 561. n(3) 4 De G. M. & G. 787. in a particular way. Here the case is totally different – the clause is different and no question whatever arises upon its construction. These remarks conclude what I have to say with ...

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12/17/10
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96 – Jacobsen, a.a.O., S. 561. 97 – L. Rupp, “Mobilizing Women for War”, Princeton (USA) 1978, S. 76; U. v. Gersdorff, “Frauen im Kriegsdienst 1914 – 1945″, Stuttgart 1969, S. 70 ff.; auch B. Kroener, “Der Kampf um den 'Sparstoff ...

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