[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 145 (Friday, October 7, 1994)]
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           STEWARDSHIP END-RESULT CONTRACTS DEMONSTRATION ACT

  Mr. LaROCCO. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the 
Speaker's table the Senate bill (S. 2100) to provide for rural 
development, multiple-use management, expenditures under the Knutson-
Vandenberg Act of 1930, and ecosystem-based management of certain 
forest lands, and for other purposes, and ask for its immediate 
consideration.
  The Clerk read the title of the Senate bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Idaho?
  There was no objection.
  The Clerk read the Senate bill, as follows:

                                S. 2100

       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 ``Stewardship End-Result 
     Contracts Demonstration Act''.

     SEC. 2. PURPOSES.

       (a) The purpose of this Act is to:
       (1) develop and implement, as national demonstration 
     projects, ecosystem-based, end result-oriented management 
     practices for forestry in general;
       (2) authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to demonstrate 
     the feasibility of end-result stewardship contracts for 
     national forests, State forests, and private forests in the 
     United States;
       (3) improve the management of and develop economically 
     efficient management tools for ecosystem-based management 
     applicable to all of the forest lands of the United States, 
     both private and public;
       (4) provide for rural development, rural jobs, and economic 
     transition opportunities for forest dependent communities 
     affected by changes in timber harvest volumes;
       (5) authorize an alternative management technique for pest 
     infested or pest damaged forest lands in general; and
       (6) provide additional opportunities to achieve mandates 
     established in:
       (A) The Multiple-Use Sustained Yield Act of 1960 (Public 
     Law 96-517);
       (B) The Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning 
     Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-378);
       (C) The Clarke-McNary Act of 1924 (Public Law 98-270);
       (D) The Deposit of Sale Instruments in Treasury Act of 1940 
     (Public Law 76-631);
       (E) The Soil and Water Resources Conservation Act of 1977 
     (Public Law 95-192); and
       (F) The Twenty-Five Percent Fund Act (35 Stat. 251).

     SEC. 3. USE OF TIMBER REVENUES.

       (a) Authorization.--The Secretary of Agriculture, acting 
     through the officers of the National Forest Service in charge 
     of the forest lands referred to in subsection (b), may apply 
     all or a part of the revenues received for timber removed 
     from such lands under a stewardship end-result contract as an 
     offset against the cost of stewardship services provided, 
     including--
       (1) site preparation;
       (2) replanting;
       (3) silviculture programs;
       (4) recreation;
       (5) wildlife habitat enhancement;
       (6) soil conservation; and
       (7) other multiple-use enhancements.
       (b) Applicability.--The authority granted in this Act may 
     be applied to the management of--
       (1) the Green Mountain National Forest of Vermont;
       (2) the White Mountain National Forest of New Hampshire and 
     Maine;
       (3) the Talladega, Tuskegee, Conecuh and William B. 
     Bankhead National Forests of Alabama;
       (4) acquired and other lands in the Angora Project, Lake 
     Tahoe Basin Management Unit;
       (5) the Kendrick Project, Coconino National Forest; and
       (6) The Priest Lake Ranger District Project, Idaho 
     Panhandle National Forest.
       (c) Environmental Assessment.--The National Environment 
     Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) shall apply to 
     the projects referred to in subsection (b), prior to the 
     award of any contract.

     SEC. 4. DISSEMINATION OF RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION RESULTS.

       (a) The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed 
     to disseminate the results of the research and demonstration 
     efforts authorized under this Act that are of the benefit to 
     private and public forest owners.
       (b) The Secretary may use the authorities granted to him 
     in:
       (1) The Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research 
     Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-307);
       (2) The McIntyre-Stennis Act of 1962 (76 Stat. 806); and
       (3) The Wood Residue Utilization Act of 1980 (Public Law 
     96-554)

     SEC. 5. EXPIRATION.

       This Act shall be effective during the period beginning on 
     the date of enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 
     1994.

    amendment in the Nature of a substitute offered by Mr. La rocco

  Mr. LaROCCO. Mr. Speaker, I offer an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Amendment in the nature of a substitute offered by Mr. 
     LaRocco.--Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM FOR THE SPECIAL USE OF 
                   TIMBER REVENUES.

       (a) Demonstration Program.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
     may carry out a demonstration program on National Forest 
     System lands described in subsection (b) to develop and 
     implement management practices that are ecosystem based and 
     end-result oriented.
       (b) Applicability.--The demonstration program shall apply 
     to the management of the Priest Lake District project, Idaho 
     Panhandle National Forest.
       (c) Authorization.--Under the demonstration program, the 
     Secretary of Agriculture may apply the value, or a portion of 
     the value, of timber removed under a stewardship end result 
     contract as an offset against the cost of stewardship 
     services received, including site preparation, replanting, 
     silviculture programs, recreation, wildlife habitat 
     enhancement, and other multiple-use enhancements. The 
     Secretary of Agriculture may apply such offsets until the 
     demonstration project expires.
       (d) Compliance With Environmental Requirments.--Nothing in 
     this Act shall be construed to alter the responsibility of 
     the Secretary to comply with environmental laws applicable to 
     the lands of the National Forest System described in 
     subsection (b).
       (e) Expiration of Authority.--The authority provided in 
     subsection (c) shall expire on December 31, 1995.

  Mr. LaROCCO (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous 
consent that the amendment in the nature of a substitute be considered 
as read and printed in the Record.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Idaho?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the amendment in the 
nature of a substitute offered by the gentleman from Idaho [Mr. 
LaRocco].
  The amendment in the nature of a substitute was agreed to.


                title amendment offered by mr. la rocco

  Mr. LaROCCO. Mr. Speaker, I offer an amendment to the title.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Title amendment offered by Mr. LaRocco: Amend the title of 
     the Senate bill so as to read: ``A bill to provide for a 
     demonstration program to develop and implement special 
     management practices for certain National Forest System 
     lands''.

  The title amendment was agreed to.
  The Senate bill was ordered to be 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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