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 115 STAT. 24 PUBLIC LAW 107-13^JUNE 3, 2001 Public Law 107-13 107th Congress An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to use funds appropriated for wildland fire management in the Department of the June 3, 2001 Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, to reimburse the United [H.R. 581] States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service to facilitate the interagency cooperation required under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 in connection with wildland fire management. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. USE OF WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT FUNDS TO FACILI- TATE COMPLIANCE WITH ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT CONSULTATION REQUIREMENTS. The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may use funds appropriated for wildland fire management in the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106-291; 114 Stat. 922), to reimburse the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying out their responsibilities under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to consult and conference, as required by section 7 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1536), in connection with wildland fire management activities. SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARDING NOTICE. (a) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND PROD- UCTS. —In the case of any equipment or products that may be authorized to be purchased using funds provided under section 1, it is the sense of the Congress that entities receiving the funds should, in expending the funds, purchase only American-made equipment and products. (b) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF FUNDS. — In expending funds provided under section 1, the head of each Federal agency receiving such funds shall provide to each recipient of the funds a notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the Congress. Deadline. (c) NOTICE OF REPORT. —Any entity which receives funds under section 1 shall report any expenditures on foreign-made items to the Congress within 180 days of the expenditure. Approved June 3, 2001. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 581: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 107-35 (Comm. on Resources). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 147 (2001): May 9, considered and passed House. May 24, considered and passed Senate.

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