Colorado Emergency Wildfire and Insect Infestations Response Act of 2006 - Amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, for an authorized hazardous fuel reduction project that is proposed to be conducted on federal land in Colorado, from being required to study, develop, or describe any alternative to the proposed agency action in the environmental assessment or environmental impact statement.
Amends the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 to permit longer terms for agreements and contracts for stewardship contracting projects in Colorado.
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to expand the Fuels for Schools program to include Colorado. Authorizes such Secretary to make grants in a specified amount each fiscal year to carry out such program in Colorado.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the placed in service date for the renewable electricity production credit for electricity produced by facilities using open-loop biomass to January 1, 2010. Makes electricity produced and sold from such facilities eligible for the full credit rate.
[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5756 Introduced in House (IH)]
109th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5756
To provide additional authority to the Secretary of Agriculture and the
Secretary of the Interior to implement hazardous fuel reduction
projects in the State of Colorado in response to dangerous fuel levels
and insect infestations in forested Federal land in Colorado, to extend
the maximum duration of stewardship contracts carried out in Colorado,
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the credit for
electricity produced from biomass, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 11, 2006
Mr. Beauprez introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on
Resources, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To provide additional authority to the Secretary of Agriculture and the
Secretary of the Interior to implement hazardous fuel reduction
projects in the State of Colorado in response to dangerous fuel levels
and insect infestations in forested Federal land in Colorado, to extend
the maximum duration of stewardship contracts carried out in Colorado,
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the credit for
electricity produced from biomass, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Colorado Emergency
Wildfire and Insect Infestations Response Act of 2006''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.
Sec. 2. Implementation of hazardous fuel reduction projects in Colorado
in response to dangerous forest fuel levels
and insect infestations.
Sec. 3. Extension of authorized maximum duration of stewardship
contracts carried out in Colorado.
Sec. 4. Expansion of Forest Service Fuels for Schools program to
include Colorado.
Sec. 5. Extension of credit for electricity produced from biomass.
SEC. 2. IMPLEMENTATION OF HAZARDOUS FUEL REDUCTION PROJECTS IN COLORADO
IN RESPONSE TO DANGEROUS FOREST FUEL LEVELS AND INSECT
INFESTATIONS.
Section 104 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16
U.S.C. 6514) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(i) Temporary Alternative Analysis Process for Projects in
Colorado.--
``(1) Proposed agency action.--For an authorized hazardous
fuel reduction project that is proposed to be conducted on
Federal land in Colorado, the Secretary is not required to
study, develop, or describe any alternative to the proposed
agency action in the environmental assessment or environmental
impact statement prepared pursuant to section 102(2) of the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)).
``(2) Duration.--Paragraph (1) shall apply during the 10-
year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the
Colorado Emergency Wildfire and Insect Infestations Response
Act of 2006.''.
SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZED MAXIMUM DURATION OF STEWARDSHIP
CONTRACTS CARRIED OUT IN COLORADO.
Section 347(c) of the Department of the Interior and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in section 101(e) of
division A of Public Law 105-277; 16 U.S.C. 2104 note), is amended by
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(6) Longer term for projects in colorado.--
Notwithstanding paragraph (2), an agreement or contract under
subsection (a) to be carried out in Colorado may have a term of
up to 20 years. The Forest Service or the Bureau of Land
Management may extend the term of an agreement or contract
entered into before the date of the enactment of the Colorado
Emergency Wildfire and Insect Infestations Response Act of 2006
to be carried out in Colorado, with the consent of the other
party or parties to the agreement or contract, to reflect the
longer term authorized by this paragraph.''.
SEC. 4. EXPANSION OF FOREST SERVICE FUELS FOR SCHOOLS PROGRAM TO
INCLUDE COLORADO.
(a) Expansion.--The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the
State and Private Forestry Division of the Forest Service, shall expand
the Fuels for Schools program to include the State of Colorado.
(b) Grants.--The Secretary is authorized to make grants in the
total amount of $5,000,000 each fiscal year to carry out the Fuels for
Schools program in Colorado.
(c) Duration.--This section shall apply during the five-year period
beginning on the date of the enactment of the Colorado Emergency
Wildfire and Insect Infestations Response Act of 2006.
SEC. 5. EXTENSION OF CREDIT FOR ELECTRICITY PRODUCED FROM BIOMASS.
(a) In General.--Clause (i) of section 45(d)(3)(A) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to open-loop biomass facilities) is
amended by striking ``January 1, 2008'' both places it appears and
inserting ``January 1, 2010''.
(b) Biomass Eligible for Full Credit Rate.--Subparagraph (A) of
section 45(b)(4) (relating to credit rate) is amended by striking
``(3),''.
(c) Effective Dates.--
(1) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect
the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) The amendment made by subsection (b) shall apply to
electricity produced and sold after the date of the enactment
of this Act in taxable years ending after such date.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Resources, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Resources, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Resources, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Resources, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Interior.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
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