[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 143 (Wednesday, October 5, 1994)]
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   TECHNICAL CORRECTION OF OMNIBUS BUDGET RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1993 
               REGARDING SHARING OF TIMBER SALE RECEIPTS

  Mr. DICKS. Mr. Speaker, with the consent of the Republican and 
Democratic leadership and with the approval of the affected committees, 
I ask unanimous consent to call up the bill (H.R. 5161) to amend the 
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 to permit the prompt sharing 
of timber sale receipts of the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land 
Management as a technical correction, and ask for its immediate 
consideration.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Washington?
  Ms. DUNN. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I wonder if I 
might ask the gentleman from Washington [Mr. Dicks] to explain the 
bill, please.
  Mr. DICKS. Mr. Speaker, will the gentlewoman yield?
  Ms. DUNN. Further reserving the right to object, I yield to the 
gentleman from Washington.
  Mr. DICKS. Mr. Speaker, this bill simply allows for necessary 
technical corrections on a provision in the Omnibus Reconciliation Act 
of 1993, in chapter 4 entitled ``Timber Sales,'' and specifically 
sections 13982 and 13983 of the act, which allow for payments to timber 
counties in the Northwest through Forest Service and BLM receipts.
  There is no budget impact to the technical corrections measure, and 
the original provision in the Omnibus Reconciliation Act is budget 
neutral, since it is covered through recaptured revenues from foregoing 
the Foreign Sales Corporation subsidy to Northwest timber companies.
  The Treasury Department has identified this technical correction as 
necessary in order to fully implement the provisions affecting timber 
counties, and to carry out the intent of Congress to have these 
counties receive these payments.
  This is simply a maintenance provision necessary for clarity in 
implementation.
  Ms. DUNN. Further reserving the right to object, Mr. Speaker, I thank 
the gentleman from Washington.
  I would like to say that I support this legislation. It is long 
overdue. The counties affected will be helped greatly by this 
legislation, and I certainly urge support.
  Mr. DICKS. Mr. Speaker, will the gentlewoman yield further?
  Ms. DUNN. Further reserving the right to object, I yield to the 
gentleman from Washington.
  Mr. DICKS. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate very much the outstanding 
leadership of the gentlewoman from Washington on this issue, and the 
cooperation of the gentleman from California [Mr. Herger], the 
gentleman from Oregon [Mr. Smith], and all of the members of the 
Northwest delegation on both sides of the aisle.
  Ms. DUNN. Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Washington?
  There was no objection.
  The Clerk read the bill, as follows:

                               H.R. 5161

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. TECHNICAL CORRECTION REGARDING SHARING OF TIMBER 
                   SALE RECEIPTS.

       (A) Forest Service.--Section 13982(b)(1) of the Omnibus 
     Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-66; 107 
     Stat. 681; 16 U.S.C. 500 note) is amended by inserting ``out 
     of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,'' 
     before ``for the benefit of counties''.
       (b) Bureau of Land Management.--Section 13983(b)(1) of the 
     Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-66; 
     107 Stat. 682; 43 U.S.C. 1181f note) is amended by inserting 
     ``, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
     appropriated,'' after ``shall make payments''.

  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read 
the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the 
table.

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