[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2745 Introduced in House (IH)]


104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2745

To repeal the emergency salvage timber sale program enacted as part of 
                           Public Law 104-19.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 7, 1995

  Ms. Furse (for herself, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Brown of California, Mr. 
 Engel, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Yates, Mr. Lewis 
  of Georgia, Mr. Miller of California, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. 
 Lowey, Mr. Pallone, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Moran, Mr. Skaggs, Mr. Studds, 
   Mr. Thompson, Mr. Stark, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Johnston of Florida, Mr. 
 Gilchrest, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Vento, Mr. Bryant of Texas, Mr. Gutierrez, 
 Mr. Porter, Mr. Clay, Mr. Evans, Mr. Rose, Mr. Beilenson, Mr. Olver, 
 Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Ms. Waters, Mr. Frank of 
 Massachusetts, Mr. Shays, Mr. Matsui, Mrs. Schroeder, and Mr. Bonior) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
   Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To repeal the emergency salvage timber sale program enacted as part of 
                           Public Law 104-19.

    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 ``Restoration of Natural Resources 
Laws on the Public Lands Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF EMERGENCY SALVAGE TIMBER SALE PROGRAM OF PUBLIC LAW 
              104-19.

    (a) Repeal.--Section 2001 of Public Law 104-19 (109 Stat. 240) is 
repealed.
    (b) Implementation.--Notwithstanding any outstanding judicial order 
or administrative proceeding interpreting section 2001 of Public Law 
104-19 (109 Stat. 240), the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary 
of the Interior shall suspend, effective on the date of the enactment 
of this Act, each and every activity that is being undertaken in whole 
or in part under the authority provided in such section unless the 
Secretary concerned determines that the activity would have been 
undertaken even in the absence of such section. All such suspended 
activities shall be subject to all applicable environmental and natural 
resource laws. The Secretary concerned may not resume an activity 
suspended under this subsection unless and until the Secretary 
concerned determines that the activity (as originally commenced or as 
modified after the date of the enactment of this Act) complies with all 
environmental and natural resource laws applicable to the activity.
    (c) Secretary Concerned Defined.--In this section, the term 
``Secretary concerned'' means--
            (1) the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to 
        activities involving lands within the National Forest System; 
        and
            (2) the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to 
        activities involving Federal lands under the jurisdiction of 
        the Bureau of Land Management.
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