[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1437 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1437

  To amend the Coquille Restoration Act to clarify certain provisions 
           relating to the management of the Coquille Forest.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 18, 2015

 Mr. DeFazio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Coquille Restoration Act to clarify certain provisions 
           relating to the management of the Coquille Forest.

    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 ``Coquille Forest Fairness Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO COQUILLE RESTORATION ACT.

    Section 5(d) of the Coquille Restoration Act (25 U.S.C. 715c(d)) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the following:
            ``(5) Management.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the 
                Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for 
                Indian Affairs, shall manage the Coquille Forest in 
                accordance with the laws pertaining to the management 
                of Indian trust land.
                    ``(B) Administration.--
                            ``(i) Unprocessed logs.--Unprocessed logs 
                        harvested from the Coquille Forest shall be 
                        subject to the same Federal statutory 
                        restrictions on export to foreign nations that 
                        apply to unprocessed logs harvested from 
                        Federal land.
                            ``(ii) Sales of timber.--Notwithstanding 
                        any other provision of law, all sales of timber 
                        from land subject to this subsection shall be 
                        advertised, offered, and awarded according to 
                        competitive bidding practices, with sales being 
                        awarded to the highest responsible bidder.'';
            (2) by striking paragraph (9); and
            (3) by redesignating paragraphs (10) through (12) as 
        paragraphs (9) through (11), respectively.
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