LUMBER INDUSTRY related term(s) Forests

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Agriculture: conduct a study on the effectiveness of silver-based biocides as an alternative treatment to preserve wood (see H.R. 688), H390 [11FE]

Forests: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (see S. 1938), S15812 [24NO]

———eliminate commercial logging on public lands and facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of communities dependent on the Federal logging program (see H.R. 2169), H4367 [20MY]

Housing: provide affordability and ensure a competitive North American market for softwood lumber (see S. Con. Res. 22), S3730 [13MR] (see H. Con. Res. 197), H4738 [22MY]

Taxation: modify application of the passive loss limitations to timber activities (see H.R. 3346), H9738 [20OC]

———treatment of forestry activities (see S. 1381), S9119 [9JY] (see H.R. 1310), H1952 [18MR]

———treatment of timber sales by landowners (see S. 968), S5650 [1MY] (see H.R. 974), H1461 [27FE]

Wood: establish prohibitions and requirements relating to arsenic-treated wood (see H.R. 3629), H12308 [21NO]

———prohibit use of arsenic-treated wood in playground equipment, children's products, fences, walkways, decks, and other residential purposes (see S. 337), S2119 [10FE]

Letters

Appeals process for cases involving Tongass National Forest timber harvesting: Larry G. McQuarrie, S11785 [23SE]

Tongass National Forest roadless rule impact on timber industry: Bill Tremblay, Petersburg, AK, City Council, S2386-S2388 [13FE]

———Dave Carlson, S2388 [13FE]

———George Woodbury, S2388 [13FE]

———Roy Eckert, Ketchikan, AK, Gateway Borough, S2385 [13FE]

———Tom Briggs, S2388 [13FE]

Remarks in House

Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas, H5382 [16JN], H5411, H5412, H5415 [17JN]

Potlatch Corp.: anniversary, E2557 [15DE]

Taxation: modify application of the passive loss limitations to timber activities (H.R. 3346), E2093 [20OC]

———treatment of timber sales by landowners (H.R. 974), E313 [27FE]

Tongass National Forest: oversight of wilderness recommendations, H659, H663, H665-H669 [13FE]

Wood: establish prohibitions and requirements relating to arsenic-treated wood (H.R. 3629), E2449 [23NO]

Remarks in Senate

Forest Service: expand Forest Stewardship Program, S2426-S2428 [13FE]

Forests: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (S. 1938), S15827 [24NO]

———use best value contracting criteria when awarding contracts for hazardous fuels reduction, S13616 [30OC]

Taxation: treatment of forestry activities (S. 1381), S9122 [9JY]

———treatment of timber sales by landowners (S. 968), S5655 [1MY]

Tongass National Forest: appeals process for cases involving timber harvesting, S11784-S11788, S11805, S11806 [23SE]

———oversight of wilderness recommendations, S2384-S2388 [13FE]

Wood: prohibit use of arsenic-treated wood in playground equipment, children's products, fences, walkways, decks, and other residential purposes (S. 337), S2122 [10FE]

Texts of

S. 1938, Act To Save America's Forests, S15828-S15837 [24NO]

S. Con. Res. 22, provide affordability and ensure a competitive North American market for softwood lumber, S3751 [13MR]