H.R.2186: To amend the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act to ensure that States and local governments can quickly and safely remove flood debris so as to reduce the risk and severity of subsequent flooding.

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Bill Summary

Amends the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act to state that the Secretary of Agriculture and other executive branch officials may not prohibit or condition State or local flood debris removal efforts whose primary purpose is to reduce the risk and severity of subsequent flooding.

(Source: Library of Congress)

Bill Actions

Date Description
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research.
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
June 14, 2001

Introduced in the House by Robert W. Goodlatte (R-Va.)

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