[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 26, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4438-S4439]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3160. Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Ms. Cantwell) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 2, to provide 
for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of 
the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2023, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of part II of subtitle F of title VIII, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 86__. REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGIES.

       The Chief of the Forest Service shall--
       (1) continue to find efficiencies in the operations of the 
     forest inventory and analysis program under section 3(e) of 
     the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 
     1978 (16 U.S.C. 1642(e)) through the improved use and 
     integration of advanced remote sensing technologies to 
     provide estimates for State- and national-level inventories, 
     where appropriate; and
       (2) partner with States and other interested stakeholders 
     to carry out the program described in paragraph (1).

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