12 2 STA T .358 8 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 32 9— S E PT. 30 , 2008 (i)QUARTE R LYR E PO RT S.—TheS e cr e ta r yofAg ric ul ture s hall su bm it , o n a q uarterly basis, to the C ommittees on A p propriations of the H ouse of Representati v es an d the Senate a report describing the status of the Rural D evelopment Disaster Assistance F und and any transactions that have affected the Fund since the previous report. SE C . 10 10 2 . Section 1 6 01 (c)(2) of the Food, Conservation and E nergy Act of 200 8 ( P ublic L a w 110 - 2 4 6) shall apply in imple- menting section 120 3 3 of such Act. CHAPTER 2—C OM MERCE A N DSC I ENCE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ECO N O MI CDE V ELOPMENT A D MINISTRATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PRO G RAMS Pursuant to section 7 03 of the Public W or k s and Economic Development Act (42 U .S.C. 3233), for an additional amount for ‘ ‘Economic Development Assistance Programs ’ ’, for necessary e x penses related to disaster relief, long-term recovery, and restora- tion of infrastructure related to the consequences of hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters occuring during 2008 for which the President declared a ma j or disaster under title I V of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, $ 400,000,000, to remain available until expended. NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSP H ERIC ADMINISTRATION OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND F ACILITIES For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations, Research, and Facili- ties’’, to improve hurricane track and intensity forecasts for the protection of life and property, $11,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 200 9 . In addition, for an additional amount for ‘‘Operations, Research, and Facilities’’, for fishery disaster assistance, $7 5 ,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009
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d, That the National Marine Fisheries Service shall cause such amounts to be distributed among eligible recipients of assistance for fishery resource disasters and commercial fishery failures as declared by the Secretary of Commerce under sections 308(b) and 308(d) of the Interjurisdicitional Fisheries Act (16 U.S.C. 4107) and sections 312(a) and 315 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1861a(a) and 1864). PROCUREMENT, AC Q UISITION, AND CONSTRUCTION For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Acquisition, and Construction’’, to improve hurricane track and intensity forecasts for the protection of life and property, $6,000,000, to remain avail- able until September 30, 2009. Ap p licab ili ty.7USC153 1 no t e .
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