3.0.0 3696 2017-12-15T00:45:36Z 2017-12-15T00:45:36Z Senate S S 2008-11-19 110 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-11-19T19:02:55Z 2008-11-19 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2008-11-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000888 Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] THEODORE STEVENS R AK F. N M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2008-11-19 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Alaska Commerce Construction industries Conversion of industries Economics and Public Finance Grants-in-aid Infrastructure Logging Lumber trade Road construction Transportation and Public Works Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2008-11-19 Introduced in Senate 2009-02-07T18:43:49Z Alaska Timber Industry Fairness Act - Establishes a two-year grant program for retooling projects that are designed to facilitate the economic adjustment of specified timber entities by allowing them to: (1) improve or alter their business and practices to become more competitive within the timber industry; or (2) shift to a type of business that is not related to the timber industry.

Authorizes the Assistant Secretary for Economic Development of the Department of Commerce to provide grants under such program to any entity that operated in the timber industry in Alaska on January 1, 2008, that operated in Alaska for not less than 10 years, and that can demonstrate that it has been harmed by federal laws or regulations relating to the timber industry, including the United States Forest Service's policies and land management plans completed pursuant to National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

Sets forth provisions concerning eligible uses of grant funding.

Treats a grant recipient as a small business concern owned or controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals (as that term is defined in the Small Business Act) for three years after the grant was approved.

]]> Alaska Timber Industry Fairness Act Short Titles as Introduced Alaska Timber Industry Fairness Act Display Title Alaska Timber Industry Fairness Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a grant program to encourage retooling of entities in the timber industry in Alaska, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-11-19T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3696is/xml/BILLS-110s3696is.xml 2008-11-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.