    [Congressional Record Index (1998)]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    FORESTS related term(s) Lumber Industry; Wood
      Amendments
        Apostle Islands National Lakeshore:  study on protection as a
            wilderness area (S. 1966), S12209 [9OC]
        Ecology and environment:  facilitate protection of tropical forests
            through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical
            forests (H.R. 2870), H1299 [18MR], H1314 [19MR], H5507 [15JY]
        ----- facilitate protection of tropical forests through debt
            reduction with developing countries with tropical forests (S.
            1758), S8143 [14JY], S8155 [14JY]
        Natural resources:  establish a program of recovery and protection
            and to inventory, monitor, and analyze public and private
            forests and their resources (H.R. 2515), H1550 [25MR], H1551
            [25MR], H1552 [25MR], H1660 [27MR], H1664 [27MR], H1665 [27MR],
            H1673 [27MR]
        Public lands:  protect and improve certain heritage areas, historic
            areas, national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and national
            trails (H.R. 4570), H9538 [5OC], H9814 [7OC], H9868 [7OC]
      Articles and editorials
        Activists' Demands Jeopardize Deal for Headquarters, H6041 [21JY]
        Headwaters Forest Plan Has Politicians at Loggerheads--Saying It's
            Not Enough, Sher Holds Up Agreement, H6041 [21JY]
        Seeking Answers in Ancient Rain-Forest Remedies Is a Life's Work for
            Plant Hunter, H1315-H1317 [19MR]
      Bills and resolutions
        Apostle Islands National Lakeshore:  study on protection as a
            wilderness area, (see S. 1966), S3428 [22AP], (see H.R. 3708),
            H2236 [22AP]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  convey certain lands and use proceeds for
            acquisition, construction, and improvement of certain national
            forest offices and support buildings in Arizona, (see S. 1752),
            S1883 [12MR], (see H.R. 4013), H4241 [5JN]
        Ecology and environment:  facilitate protection of tropical forests
            through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical
            forests, (see S. 1758), S1948 [13MR]
        ----- facilitate protection of tropical forests through debt
            reduction with developing countries with tropical forests (H.R.
            2870), consideration, (see H. Res. 388), H1235 [17MR]
        Endangered species:  protection of the California spotted owl and
            its habitat, (see H.R. 3467), H1235 [17MR]
        Forest Service:  address the decline of forest health and rural
            community economies in New Mexico and protect such lands from
            catastrophic fires in accordance with existing public land
            management and environmental laws, (see H.R. 4210), H5492 [14JY]
        ------ reduce overhead and other costs and improve fiscal
            accountability through improved financial accounting system,
            (see H.R. 4149), H5402 [25JN]
        ------ replace regional offices with State offices, (see H.R. 3922),
            H3624 [20MY]
        George Washington and Jefferson National Forests:  convey certain
            lands, (see H.R. 3226), H496 [12FE]
        National Forest Foundation:  eliminate, (see H.R. 3621), H2051 [1AP]
        National forests:  require that forest conservation and preservation
            programs be consistent with existing public land management and
            environmental laws, (see H.R. 3530), H1444 [24MR]
        ------ suspend development of a roadless area policy pending
            determinations that such a policy will not adversely affect
            forest health, (see H.R. 3297), H677 [26FE]
        Natural resources:  establish a program of recovery and protection
            and inventory, monitor, and analyze public and private forests
            and their resources (H.R. 2515), consideration, (see H. Res.
            394), H1549 [25MR]
        Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act:  technical
            corrections, (see H.R. 4735), H10075 [8OC]
        Public lands:  protect and improve certain heritage areas, historic
            areas, national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and national
            trails, (see H.R. 4570), H7802 [15SE]
        ----- protect and improve certain heritage areas, historic areas,
            national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and national trails
            (H.R. 4570), consideration, (see H. Res. 573), H9536 [5OC]
        Taxation:  allow capital gains treatment and exception from the
            uniform capitalization rules for certain timber, (see H.R.
            4330), H6453 [24JY]
        ------ reduce amortization period for reforestation expenditures and
            increase the maximum amount of such expenditures, (see H.R.
            4509), H7414 [6AU]
        ------ treatment of forestry activities, (see H.R. 4126), H5296
            [24JN]
        Wood:  prevent introduction and spread of nonindigenous pests and
            pathogens through importation of wood articles, (see S. 2480),
            S10422 [16SE]
      Letters
        Forest Recovery and Protection Act:  Dan Glickman, Sec. of
            Agriculture, H1670 [27MR]
        Omnibus National Parks and Public Lands Act:  Bruce Babbitt, Sec. of
            the Interior, H9756 [7OC]
        ------ Dan Glickman, Sec. of Agriculture, H9756 [7OC]
      Lists
        Scientists opposing H.R. 2515, Forest Recovery and Protection Act,
            H1668 [27MR]
      Memorandums
        Omnibus National Parks and Public Lands Act:  OMB, H9756 [7OC]
      Motions
        Ecology and environment:  facilitate protection of tropical forests
            through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical
            forests (S. 1758), S8157 [14JY]
      Petitions and memorials
        Colorado:  timber harvesting relative to forest health, E293 [4MR]
      Remarks in House
        Anderson, Don:  Redwood Region Logging Conference Achievement Award
            recipient, E448 [24MR]
        Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc.:  proposed donation of Elsmere
            Canyon land parcel to the Angeles National Forest, E623 [22AP]
        Colorado:  timber harvest, E1700 [11SE]
        ------ timber harvesting relative to forest health, E293 [4MR]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  Conservation Reserve Program contract
            adjustment relative to timber prices in Southeastern States,
            H9330 [2OC]
        Dept. of the Interior:  Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management
            Project funding, H6151-H6159 [22JY]
        ------ reallocation of Forest Service timber management to watershed
            improvement and recreational management, H6048-H6052 [21JY],
            E1384 [22JY]
        Ecology and environment:  facilitate protection of tropical forests
            through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical
            forests (H.R. 2870), H1141 [12MR], H1307-H1319 [19MR], H1513
            [25MR], H1660 [27MR], H5507-H5511 [15JY], E384 [17MR], E471
            [25MR], E1317 [16JY], E1373 [21JY]
        ----- facilitate protection of tropical forests through debt
            reduction with developing countries with tropical forests (H.R.
            2870), consideration (H. Res. 388), H1304 [19MR], H1305 [19MR]
        ------ facilitate protection of tropical forests through debt
            reduction with developing countries, H8001 [17SE]
        ------ harvesting of trees to prevent the spread of infestation by
            Asian Longhorn beetles, H6014 [21JY]
        Education:  transfer of certain public lands or national forest
            lands for use as elementary or secondary schools (H.R. 2223),
            H540 [24FE], H947 [10MR]
        Fire prevention:  congressional initiatives relative to wildfires
            and forest fires, H5301 [25JN]
        Foreign Assistance Act:  Presidential notification of Congress of
            debt reduction, H1314 [19MR]
        Forest Service:  extend Pinhoti Trail into Chattahoochee National
            Forest, H6038 [21JY]
        ------ funding, H1559 [26MR]
        ------ improve management, H6039 [21JY], H6040 [21JY]
        ------ indirect support activities funding, H6131-H6137 [22JY]
        ------ reduce overhead and other costs and improve fiscal
            accountability through improved financial accounting system
            (H.R. 4149), E1273 [26JN]
        ------ replace regional offices with State offices (H.R. 3922), E905
            [20MY]
        ------ road construction funding, H1673-H1681 [27MR]
        George Washington and Jefferson National Forests:  convey certain
            lands (H.R. 3226), H1400-H1402 [24MR], E161 [12FE]
        Headwaters Forest:  Federal acquisition of lands, H6040 [21JY],
            H6042 [21JY]
        Health:  research funding and consultation with indigenous leaders
            relative to medicinal uses of tropical plants, H1314-H1319
            [19MR]
        Henley, Don:  tribute to conservation efforts relative to Walden
            Pond, H4246 [9JN]
        Natural resources:  establish a program of recovery and protection
            and inventory, monitor, and analyze public and private forests
            and their resources (H.R. 2515), consideration (H. Res. 394),
            H1623 [26MR]
        ----- establish a program of recovery and protection and to
            inventory, monitor, and analyze public and private forests and
            their resources (H.R. 2515), H1557 [26MR], H1650 [27MR],
            H1651-H1682 [27MR], E529 [31MR]
        ----- establish a program of recovery and protection and to
            inventory, monitor, and analyze public and private forests and
            their resources, insert language of H.R. 3530 in lieu (H.R.
            2515), H1660 [27MR]
        Northern Forest Lands Council:  implement recommendations, H1667
            [27MR]
        Northwest Wildland Fire Protection Agreement:  grant congressional
            consent (S. 1134), H10927 [15OC], H10928 [15OC]
        Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act:  technical
            corrections (H.R. 4735), H10430 [10OC]
        Public lands:  eliminate commercial logging on public lands and
            facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of
            communities dependent on the Federal logging program (H.R.
            2789), H1675 [27MR]
        ------ protect and improve certain heritage areas, historic areas,
            national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and national trails
            (H.R. 4570), H9727 [7OC], H9750-H9870 [7OC], E1723 [15SE], E2087
            [11OC] protect and improve certain heritage areas, historic
            areas, national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and national
            trails (H.R. 4570), consideration (H. Res. 573), H9741-H9749
            [7OC]
        San Isabel National Forest:  designate certain lands as Spanish
            Peaks Wilderness (H.R. 1865), H7402 [6AU], E1642 [7AU]
        Saratoga Spa State Park, NY:  tribute to Finch, Pruyn & Company,
            Inc., relative to the ``Avenue of the Pines'', E266 [3MR]
        Taxation:  treatment of forestry activities (H.R. 4126), E1222
            [25JN]
        Wayne National Forest:  continuance of oil and gas operations (H.R.
            1467), H10939 [15OC], H10940 [15OC]
      Remarks in Senate
        Apostle Islands National Lakeshore:  study on protection as a
            wilderness area (S. 1966), S3429-S3431 [22AP]
        ------ study on protection as a wilderness area (S. 1966), S12209
            [9OC]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  convey certain lands and use proceeds for
            acquisition, construction, and improvement of certain national
            forest offices and support buildings in Arizona (S. 1752), S1887
            [12MR]
        ------ convey certain lands and use proceeds for acquisition,
            construction, and improvement of certain national forest offices
            and support buildings in Arizona (H.R. 4013), unanimous-consent
            agreement, S11039 [28SE] convey certain lands and use proceeds
            for acquisition, construction, and improvement of certain
            national forest offices and support buildings in Arizona (S.
            1752), S12101 [9OC]
        Ecology and environment:  facilitate protection of tropical forests
            through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical
            forests (H.R. 2870), insert language of S. 1758 in lieu, S8157
            [14JY]
        ----- facilitate protection of tropical forests through debt
            reduction with developing countries with tropical forests (S.
            1758), S1904 [12MR], S1951-S1956 [13MR], S8152-S8157 [14JY]
        Forest Service:  closure of roads that threaten public safety or the
            environment, S11100 [29SE]
        George Washington and Jefferson National Forests:  convey certain
            lands (H.R. 3226), S3236 [3AP]
        Northwest Wildland Fire Protection Agreement:  grant congressional
            consent (S. 1134), S9498 [30JY]
        Wood:  prevent introduction and spread of nonindigenous pests and
            pathogens through importation of wood articles (S. 2480), S10426
            [16SE]
      Reports filed
        Carson National Forest and Santa Fe National Forest Public Land
            Conveyance to El Rito and Jemez Springs, NM:  Committee on
            Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 434) (S. Rept. 105-
            236), S7357 [6JY]
        Consideration of H.R. 2515, Forest Recovery and Protection Act:
            Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 394) (H. Rept. 105-464),
            H1549 [25MR]
        Consideration of H.R. 2870, Tropical Forest Conservation Act:
            Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res 388) (H. Rept. 105-449),
            H1235 [17MR]
        Consideration of H.R. 4570, Omnibus National Parks and Public Lands
            Act:  Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 573) (H. Rept. 105-
            776), H9536 [5OC]
        Convey Certain Dept. of Agriculture Lands for the Acquisition,
            Construction, and Improvement of Forest Service Offices and
            Support Buildings in Arizona:  Committee on Energy and Natural
            Resources (Senate) (S. 1752) (S. Rept. 105-233), S7357 [6JY]
        Convey Public Lands From the Carson National Forest to Rio Arriba
            County, NM:  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate)
            (S. 1510) (S. Rept. 105-240), S7357 [6JY]
        Designation of Additional Wilderness Lands in the Eastern U.S.:
            Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1567) (H. Rept. 105-814),
            H10667 [12OC]
        Northwest Wildland Fire Protection Agreement Congressional Consent:
            Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1134), S8381 [16JY]
        Recovery and Protection Program for Public and Private Forests and
            Inventory, Monitor, and Analyze Their Resources:  Committee on
            Agriculture (House) (H.R. 2515) (H. Rept. 105-440), H1158 [12MR]
        Spanish Peaks Wilderness Act:  Committee on Resources (House) (H.R.
            1865) (H. Rept. 105-673), H7177 [4AU]
        Suspend the Development of a National Forest System Roadless Area
            Policy Pending Determinations That Such a Policy Will Not
            Adversely Affect Forest Health:  Committee on Resources (House)
            (H.R. 3297) (H. Rept. 105-816), H10667 [12OC]
        Transfer of Certain Public Lands or National Forest Lands for Use as
            Elementary or Secondary Schools:  Committee on Resources (House)
            (H.R. 2223) (H. Rept. 105-693), H7493 [9SE]
        Tropical Forest Conservation Act:  Committee on Foreign Relations
            (Senate) (S. 1758) (S. Rept. 105-219), S6766 [22JN]
        ------ Committee on International Relations (House) (H.R. 2870) (H.
            Rept. 105-443), H1168 [16MR]
        Wayne National Forest Continuance of Oil and Gas Operations:
            Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1467) (H. Rept. 105-770),
            H9536 [5OC]
      Summaries
        Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project:  OMB, H6152
            [22JY]
      Texts of
        H. Res. 388, consideration of H.R. 2870, Tropical Forest
            Conservation Act, H1304 [19MR]
        H. Res. 394, consideration of H.R. 2515, Forest Recovery and
            Protection Act, H1623 [26MR]
        H. Res. 573, consideration of H.R. 4570, Omnibus National Parks and
            Public Lands Act, H9741 [7OC]
        H.R. 1467, continuance of Wayne National Forest oil and gas
            operations, H10939 [15OC]
        H.R. 1865, Spanish Peaks Wilderness Act, H7402 [6AU]
        H.R. 2515, Forest Recovery and Protection Act, H1660-H1664 [27MR]
        H.R. 2870, Tropical Forest Conservation Act, S8157-S8159 [14JY],
            H1311-H1314 [19MR]
        H.R. 3226, convey certain lands to the George Washington and
            Jefferson National Forests, H1400 [24MR]
        H.R. 4570, Omnibus National Parks and Public Lands Act, H9761-H9814
            [7OC]
        H.R. 4735, Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act technical
            corrections, H10431 [10OC]
        S. 1134, congressional consent to Northwest Wildland Fire Protection
            Agreement, S9498 [30JY]
        ------, H10927 [15OC]
        S. 1752, convey certain Dept. of Agriculture lands and use proceeds
            for acquisition, construction, and improvement of certain
            national forest offices and support buildings in Arizona, S12102
            [9OC]
        S. 1752, Dept. of Agriculture conveyance of certain lands and use
            proceeds for acquisition, construction, and improvement of
            certain national forest offices and support buildings in
            Arizona, S1887 [12MR]
        S. 1758, Tropical Forest Conservation Act, S1952-S1955 [13MR],
            S8153-S8155 [14JY]
        S. 1966, Gaylord Nelson Apostle Islands Stewardship Act, S3431
            [22AP]
        S. 2480, Invasive Pest Control Act, S10426 [16SE]