,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dbje  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #bc1         
#bjai,mr4 ,curtis introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,agriculture  ,a      
,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of   
,agriculture to reimburse sponsors for  
certain costs of emergency water        
protection measures1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,funding ,local     
,assistance and ,recovery ,efforts ,act 
or the ,,flare ,act4  #b4 ,emergency    
watershed protection reimbursement ,in  
carrying out the ,emergency ,watershed  
,protection ,program under part #fbd of 
title #g1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations
 7or successor regulations71 the        
,secretary of ,agriculture shall make   
payments for activities specified in an 
agreement between the ,secretary and a  
sponsor and undertaken by the sponsor   
during the period between the signing of
 the agreement and the release of funds 

pursuant to the agreement4