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[H.R. 4569 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.4569

                       One Hundred Eighth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
           the twentieth day of January, two thousand and four


                                 An Act


 
 To provide for the development of a national plan for the control and 
management of Sudden Oak Death, a tree disease caused by the fungus-like 
         pathogen Phytophthora ramorum, 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. NATIONAL PLAN FOR CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF SUDDEN OAK 
              DEATH.

    (a) Development of National Plan.--Subject to the availability of 
appropriated funds for this purpose, the Secretary of Agriculture, 
acting through the Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service, shall 
develop a national plan for the control and management of Sudden Oak 
Death, a forest disease caused by the fungus-like pathogen Phytophthora 
ramorum.
    (b) Plan Elements.--In developing the plan, the Secretary shall 
specifically address the following:
        (1) Information derived by the Department of Agriculture from 
    ongoing efforts to identify hosts of Phytophthora ramorum and 
    survey the extent to which Sudden Oak Death exists in the United 
    States.
        (2) Past and current efforts to understand the risk posed by 
    Phytophthora ramorum and the results of control and management 
    efforts regarding Sudden Oak Death, including efforts related to 
    research, control, quarantine, and hazardous fuel reduction.
        (3) Such future efforts as the Secretary considers necessary to 
    control and manage Sudden Oak Death, including cost estimates for 
    the implementation of such efforts.
    (c) Consultation.--The Secretary shall develop the plan in 
consultation with other Federal agencies that have appropriate 
expertise regarding the control and management of Sudden Oak Death.
    (d) Implementation of Plan.--The Secretary shall complete the plan 
and commence implementation as soon as practicable after the date on 
which funds are first appropriated pursuant to the authorization of 
appropriations in subsection (e) to carry out this section.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary to carry 
out this section.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.