[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2100 Engrossed Amendment House (EAH)]

                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                       October 7, 1994.
      Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 2100) entitled ``An 
Act to provide for rural development, multiple-use management, 
expenditures under the Knutson-Vandenberg Act of 1930, and ecosystem-
based management of certain forest lands, and for other purposes'', do 
pass with the following

                              AMENDMENTS:

        Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

SECTION 1. 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.
    (b) Applicability.--The demonstration program shall apply to the 
management of the Priest Lake District project, Idaho Panhandle 
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. The Secretary 
of Agriculture may apply such offsets until the demonstration project 
expires.
    (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, 1995.
            Amend the title so as to read: An Act to provide for a 
        demonstration program to develop and implement special 
        management practices for certain National Forest System lands.

            Attest:






                                                                 Clerk.
                                     

103d CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 2100

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                               AMENDMENTS