Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-110
§556e Emergency Appropriations for Rehabilitation and Wildfire Suppression
Title 16 › CHAPTER 3 — FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 556e
Summary
Starting in fiscal year 1993 and every year after, only the portion of emergency rehabilitation and wildfire suppression spending that is above the average cost for the previous ten years will count as an emergency requirement under section 901(b)(2)(D) of title 2. Those amounts have been designated that way since November 13, 1991.
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Title 16, §556e
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Beginning in fiscal year 1993, and in each year thereafter, only amounts for emergency rehabilitation and wildfire suppression activities that are in excess of the average of such costs for the previous ten years shall be considered “emergency requirements” pursuant to section 901(b)(2)(D) of title 2, and such amounts shall on and after November 13, 1991, be so designated.
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Section 901 of title 2, referred to in text, was amended, and as so amended, section 901(b)(2)(D) no longer refers to “emergency requirements”. However, “emergency requirements” are referred to elsewhere in section 901.
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16 U.S.C. § 556e
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Sep 23, 2026
Release point: 119-110