[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1731 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1731

To provide that the President shall appoint, by and with the advice and 
     consent of the Senate, the Chief of the Forest Service of the 
           Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            November 19 (legislative day, November 2), 1993

 Mr. Craig (for himself and Mr. Wallop) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 
                        Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide that the President shall appoint, by and with the advice and 
     consent of the Senate, the Chief of the Forest Service of the 
           Department of Agriculture, 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. CHIEF OF THE FOREST SERVICE.

    (a) Appointment by President; Senate Advice and Consent.--The 
President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the 
Senate, the Chief of the Forest Service of the Department of 
Agriculture.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--(1) Section 5316 of title 
5, United States Code, is amended by striking out:
            ``Chief Forester of the Forest Service, Department of 
        Agriculture.''
and inserting in lieu thereof:
            ``Chief of the Forest Service, Department of 
        Agriculture.''.
    (2) Section 204 of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 
1944 (16 U.S.C. 580; 58 Stat. 736) is amended by striking out ``Chief 
Forester'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``Chief of the Forest 
Service''.
    (c) Application to Incumbent.--Notwithstanding any service by an 
individual serving in the position of Chief of the Forest Service (or 
Chief Forester of the Forest Service) on the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the President shall submit a nomination for such position to 
the Senate no later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
    (d) References.--Reference in any other Federal law, Executive 
order, rule, delegation of authority, or any document of or relating to 
the Chief Forester of the Forest Service shall be deemed to refer to 
the Chief of the Forest Service.

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