[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3944 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3944

To provide for a demonstration program to develop and implement special 
     management practices for certain National Forest System lands.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 2, 1994

   Mr. LaRocco (for himself, Mr. Fazio, and Ms. English of Arizona) 
   introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the 
            Committees on Natural Resources and Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for a demonstration program to develop and implement special 
     management practices for certain National Forest System lands.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stewardship End-Result Contracts 
Demonstration Act''.

SEC. 2. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM FOR THE SPECIAL USE OF TIMBER REVENUES.

    (a) Demonstration Program.--The Secretary of Agriculture may carry 
out a demonstration program on National Forest System lands described 
in subsection (b) to develop and implement management practices that 
are ecosystem based and end-result oriented. The Secretary shall carry 
out the demonstration program through the officers of the Forest 
Service in charge of the National Forest System lands described in such 
subsection.
    (b) Applicability.--The demonstration program shall apply to the 
management of the following projects on National Forest System lands:
            (1) The Priest Lake District project, Idaho Panhandle 
        National Forest.
            (2) The Angora project, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit.
            (3) The Kendrick project, Coconino National Forest.
    (c) Authorization.--Under the demonstration program, the Secretary 
of Agriculture may apply the value, or a portion of the value, of 
timber removed under a stewardship end-result contract as an offset 
against the cost of stewardship services received, including site 
preparation, replanting, silviculture programs, recreation, wildlife 
habitat enhancement, and other multiple-use enhancements.
    (d) Compliance With Environmental Requirements.--Nothing in this 
Act shall be construed to alter the responsibility of the Secretary to 
comply with environmental laws applicable to the lands of the National 
Forest System described in subsection (b).
    (e) Expiration of Authority.--The authority provided in subsection 
(c) shall expire on December 31, 1994.

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