FOREST SERVICE

Amendments

Billings County, ND: exchange of certain mineral interests located in national grasslands (S. 750), S10447 [6OC]

Articles and editorials

Quiet Roads Bringing Thundering Protests—Congress To Battle Over Who Pays To Get to National Forest Trees, H5104 [10JY]

Timber! Let Subsidies Fall, H5105 [10JY]

Why Waste Money on Logging Roads?, H5105 [10JY]

Bills and resolutions

Billings County, ND: exchange of certain mineral interests located in national grasslands (see H.R. 2574), H8160 [29SE]

Chugach Alaska Corp.: grant easement (see H.R. 3087), H10955 [13NO]

Dept. of the Interior: management of multiple use public lands (see S. 1253), S10319 [3OC]

Dept. of Transportation: make nonmilitary Government aircraft subject to safety regulations (see H.R. 1483), H1988 [29AP]

Discrimination: assure operations are free of racial, sexual, and ethnic discrimination (see H.R. 61), H68 [7JA], H141 [9JA]

Dutch John, UT: dispose of certain Federal properties and assist local government in the interim delivery of basic services (see S. 890; H.R. 2108), S5595 [12JN], H4912 [8JY]

Firefighting: remove restrictions on acquisitions from other Federal agencies for improved firefighting (see H.R. 975), H803 [6MR]

Gallatin National Forest: land exchange (see S. 1526, 1562; H.R. 3057), S12574, S12575 [13NO], H10954 [13NO]

Hells Canyon Wilderness Area: modify boundaries (see S. 1049; H.R. 799), S7862 [22JY], H588 [13FE]

Lake County, OR: land exchange (see S. 881; H.R. 1944), S5507 [11JN], H3865 [17JN]

National Forest System: reduce costs and improve efficiency by contracting out certain tasks related to the planning and implementation of programs and projects (see H.R. 2127), H5021 [9JY]

National forests: address funding shortfall relative to exemption of certain users from fees (see H.R. 1843), H3659 [10JN]

———authorize and extend certain activities of the National Forest Foundation (see H.R. 101), H142 [9JA]

———exempt certain local residents from recreational user fees (see S. 1001), S7210 [10JY]

———exempt prescribed burning from regulations under the Clean Air Act (see H.R. 2601), H8299 [1OC]

New Mexico: acquisition of Valles Caldera lands (see S. 1210), S9886 [24SE]

———conveyance of lands from Carson National Forest and Santa Fe National Forest to the village of El Rito and the town of Jemez Springs, NM (see H.R. 434), H153 [9JA]

———funding to implement the compromise between the Forest Service and timber contractors operating in the Vallecitos sustained-yield unit (see H.R. 485), H244 [21JA]

Northern Forest Lands Council: implement recommendations (see S. 546; H.R. 971), S3011 [10AP], H802 [6MR]

Presidential appointments: require the appointment of the Chief of the Forest Service by the President (see H.R. 817), H627 [25FE]

Public lands: transfer of certain rights and property in exchange for payment to the occupant of such property (see H.R. 2416), H6962 [5SE]

Shawnee National Forest: prohibit below-cost timber sales (see S. 1058), S7950 [23JY]

Timber: eliminate below-cost sales (see H.R. 1827), H3576 [6JN]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see S. 773; H.R. 1500, 1952), S4879 [21MY], H2090 [30AP], H3923 [18JN]

Descriptions

Public Lands Management Improvement Act (S. 1253), S10325-S10330 [3OC]

Letters

Exchange of certain mineral interests located in national grasslands in Billings County, ND: Edward T. Schafer, Governor of North Dakota, S4598 [15MY]

———Marc Trimmer, Dakotas Resource Advisory Council, S4599 [15MY]

———Sierra Club, S4599 [15MY]

Forest Service purchase of Warren Lakes property in Pitkin County, CO: William Fales, Open Space and Trails (organization), S3271 [16AP]

Forest Service road construction funding: Dan Glickman, Sec. of Agriculture, S9453 [17SE]

———Randy Johnson, National Association of Counties, S9464 [17SE]

———Representatives Don Young and Chenoweth, Committee on Resources (House), S9188 [11SE]

Warner Canyon Ski Hill Land Exchange Act: Barbara Gover, Lake County, OR, Chamber of Commerce, S5527 [11JN]

———Michael Sabin, Fremont Highlanders Ski Club, Inc., S5527 [11JN]

———Robert M. Pardue, Lake County, OR, Board of Commissioners, S5527 [11JN]

Lists

Supporters of S. 750, exchange of certain mineral interests located in national grasslands in Billings County, ND, S4599 [15MY]

Memorandums

Exchange of Certain Mineral Interests Located in National Grasslands in Billings County, ND, S4599 [15MY]

Proposals

Public Lands Funding Initiative: several special interest groups, E505-E507 [18MR]

Remarks in House

Chugach Alaska Corp.: grant easement (H.R. 3087), E2383 [13NO]

Colorado: preservation of forests, E2182 [4NO]

Dept. of Transportation: make nonmilitary Government aircraft subject to safety regulations (H.R. 1483), E785 [29AP]

Forest Service Organic Act: anniversary, H3279 [4JN]

Gallatin National Forest: land exchange (H.R. 3057), E2361 [13NO]

Hells Canyon Wilderness Area: modify boundaries (H.R. 799), E283 [13FE]

Lake County, OR: land exchange (H.R. 1944), H5503, H5504 [22JY]

National forests: authorize and extend certain activities of the National Forest Foundation (H.R. 101), E46 [7JA]

Public lands: funding for protection and restoration, E505 [18MR]

Roads and highways: road construction funding, H5069, H5070, H5073, H5098-H5117 [10JY], E1877 [26SE]

Texas: Federal judge's decision relative to logging practices, H6722 [3SE]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (H.R. 1500), H2261 [7MY]

Remarks in Senate

Billings County, ND: exchange of certain mineral interests located in national grasslands (S. 750), S4597 [15MY], S10446 [6OC]

Daniel Boone National Forest: completion of Clear Creek Composite Bridge, S926 [4FE]

Dept. of the Interior: forest resources conservation and relief programs funding, S9499 [17SE]

———management of multiple use public lands (S. 1253), S10323-S10325 [3OC]

———management of multiple use public lands (S. 1253), unanimous-consent agreement, S11792 [5NO]

Dutch John, UT: dispose of certain Federal properties and assist local government in the interim delivery of basic services (S. 890), S5604 [12JN]

Ecology and environment: national objectives priority assignments, S934 [4FE]

Forest Service Organic Act: anniversary, S5296, S5300, S5301 [5JN]

Fort Collins, CO: Intermountain and Rocky Mountain Research Stations consolidation, S9620 [18SE]

Gallatin National Forest: land exchange (S. 1526), S12576 [13NO]

———land exchange (S. 1562), S12607 [13NO]

Hells Canyon Wilderness Area: modify boundaries (S. 1049), S7865 [22JY]

Juneau, AK: Forest Service regional office funding, S9509 [17SE]

Lake County, OR: land exchange (H.R. 1944), S8526 [31JY]

———land exchange (S. 881), S5526 [11JN]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: priority land acquisitions and exchanges funding, S11260 [28OC]

Lumber industry: regulations on sale of forest products outside the U.S., S9498 [17SE]

———revise rules relative to exports of Alaskan Western Red Cedar, S9590 [18SE]

Management, S937 [4FE]

Michigan: Huron and Manistee National Forests land acquisition, S9621 [18SE]

National forests: exempt certain local residents from recreational user fees (S. 1001), S7211 [10JY]

National Interagency Fire Center: tribute, S1788 [28FE]

New Mexico: acquisition of Valles Caldera lands (S. 1210), S9887 [24SE]

Perry County, MS: environmental protection of Louisiana quillwort by Forest Service, S2969 [10AP]

Public lands: prepare list of land acquisitions and exchanges relative to agency funding increases, S9596 [18SE]

Roads and highways: road construction funding, S9188 [11SE], S9450-S9465, S9483, S9498 [17SE], S9623 [18SE], S11266 [28OC]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (S. 773), S4887 [21MY]

Wenatchee National Forest: Forest Service Salvage Sale Showcase Award recipient, S4129 [7MY]

Reports filed

Billings County, ND, Exchange of Certain Mineral Interests Located in National Grasslands: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 750) (S. Rept. 105-92), S10229 [30SE]

Lake County, OR, Public Land Exchange: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1944) (H. Rept. 105-193), H5491 [21JY]

Warner Canyon Ski Hill Land Exchange Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 1944), S8358 [30JY]

Statements

Preservation of Colorado Forests: Rob Nanfelt, E2182 [4NO]

Protection of Public Lands: Theodore Roosevelt IV, E505 [18MR]

Summaries

Exchange of Certain Mineral Interests Located in National Grasslands in Billings County, ND (S. 750), S4598 [15MY]

Texts of

H.R. 1944, Warner Canyon Ski Hill Land Exchange Act, H5503 [22JY]

S. 750, exchange of certain mineral interests located in national grasslands in Billings County, ND, S4597 [15MY], S10447 [6OC]

S. 881, Warner Canyon Ski Hill Land Exchange Act, S5527 [11JN]

S. 1001, Local Forest User Fairness Act, S7211 [10JY]

S. 1049, Hells Canyon Wilderness Area boundaries modification, S7866 [22JY]

S. 1562, Gallatin National Forest land exchange, S12607 [13NO]