[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 185 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 185

Recognizing the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture for 100 
   years of dedicated service and caring for the forest lands of the 
                             United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 22, 2005

 Mr. Goodlatte (for himself, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Walden of 
    Oregon, Mr. Gutknecht, and Mr. Jenkins) submitted the following 
     concurrent resolution; 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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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Recognizing the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture for 100 
   years of dedicated service and caring for the forest lands of the 
                             United States.

Whereas Congress established the Forest Service in 1905 to manage certain 
        forested lands in Federal ownership, now known as the National Forest 
        System, to provide quality water and timber for the benefit of the 
        United States;
Whereas the mission of the Forest Service has been expanded by Congress to 
        provide for additional multiple-use benefits of the National Forest 
        System, including sustained yield of renewable resources such as water, 
        forage, wildlife, wood, and recreation;
Whereas the National Forest System currently encompasses 191,000,000 acres, 
        which are managed as 155 national forests and 20 grasslands in 44 
        States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands;
Whereas the Forest Service also plays key roles in supporting forestry research, 
        including research that promotes efficient and innovative uses for wood 
        and wood fiber;
Whereas the Forest Service works with and through State, Tribal, and local 
        governments to provide assistance to private forest landowners; and
Whereas Gifford Pinchot, the first Chief of the Forest Service, fostered the 
        idea that ``where conflicting interests must be reconciled, the question 
        will always be decided from the standpoint of the greatest good of the 
        greatest number in the long run'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),  
That Congress--
            (1) recognizes the Forest Service of the Department of 
        Agriculture for 100 years of dedicated service and caring for 
        the forest lands of the United States;
            (2) acknowledges the promise of the Forest Service to 
        continue to care for the natural legacy of the United States; 
        and
            (3) encourages the Forest Service to deliver multiple-use 
        benefits efficiently as the agency enters its second century.
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