[House Document 104-206]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                     

104th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - -  House Document 104-206


 SUSPENSION OF SUBSECTIONS 325(a) AND 325(b) OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE 

                   INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES 
 
   APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1996, CONCERNING THE TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST

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                                MESSAGE

                                  FROM

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              TRANSMITTING

A COPY OF A MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE: SUSPENSION OF 
   SUBSECTION 325(a) AND SUBSECTION 325(b) OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE 
 INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1996, (``ACT'') AS 
  SET FORTH IN SECTION 101(c) OF TITLE I OF THE OMNIBUS CONSOLIDATED 
 RESCISSIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 1996 (H.R. 3019) CONCERNING THE 
 TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST, PURSUANT TO SECTION 101(c) OF TITLE I OF THE 
    OMNIBUS CONSOLIDATED RESCISSIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 1996




   April 29, 1996.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
 Committees on Appropriations and Resources, and ordered to be printed
To the Congress of the United States:
    I hereby report that I have exercised the authority 
provided to me under subsection 325(c) of the Department of the 
Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996, to 
suspend subsection 325(a) and 325(b) of such Act. A copy of the 
suspension is attached.

                                                William J. Clinton.
    The White House, April 26, 1996.
                                           The White House,
                                        Washington, April 26, 1996.
Memorandum for the Secretary of Agriculture.
Subject: Suspension of Subsection 325(a) and Subsection 325(b) of the 
        Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations 
        Act, 1996, (``Act'') as set forth in section 101(c) of title I 
        of the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act 
        of 1996 (H.R. 3019) Concerning the Tongass National Forest.
    By the authority vested in me by subsection 325(c) of the 
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 1996, (``Act'') as set forth in section 101(c) of title I 
of the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act 
of 1996 (H.R. 3019), and section 301 of title 3, United States 
Code, I hereby suspend subsections 325(a) and 325(b) of the Act 
because I have determined that such suspension is appropriate 
based upon the public interest in sound environmental 
management and protection of cultural, biological, or historic 
resources.
    This suspension shall take effect immediately and shall 
continue in effect for the period in which subsection 325(a) 
and subsection 325(b) of the Act would otherwise be in effect.
    You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum 
in the Federal Register.
                                                William J. Clinton.