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H.R.5541: FLAME Act
About This Bill
- This bill was introduced in the 110th Congress
- This bill is primarily about congress
- Introduced March 6, 2008
- Latest Major Action July 10, 2008
Bill Sponsor
Bill Cosponsors
56 (49 Democrats, 8 Republicans)
Bill Summary
Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act or FLAME Act - (Sec. 2) Establishes in the Treasury the Federal Land Assistance, Management, and Enhancement Fund (the 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...
(Source: Library of Congress)
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Bill Actions
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Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
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Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and the Budget, 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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Referred to House Natural Resources
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Referred to House Agriculture
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Referred to House Budget
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Committee Hearings Held.
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Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
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Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
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Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-704, Part I.
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House Committee on Agriculture Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than June 27, 2008.
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House Committee on The Budget Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than June 27, 2008.
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House Committee on Agriculture Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than July 11, 2008.
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House Committee on The Budget Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than July 11, 2008.
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Mr. Rahall moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
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Considered under suspension of the rules.
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DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5541.
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On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
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Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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| March 6, 2008 |
Introduced in the House by Nick J. Rahall II (D-W.Va.) |