FORESTS related term(s) Lumber Industry

Amendments

Arizona: authorize the Dept. of Agriculture to exchange certain land with the Yavapai Ranch Limited Partnership (S. 849), S8785 [22JY]

Congo Basin Forest Partnership Program: authorize appropriations (H.R. 2264), H267 [3FE]

Montana: adjust boundaries of the Helena, Lolo, and Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forests (S. 2408), S11174 [10OC]

New Mexico: exchange certain lands in the Santa Fe National Forest and the Pecos National Historical Park (S. 2622), S11175 [10OC]

Public lands: provide for reforestation of appropriate forest cover on forest land derived from the public domain (S. 2709), S9142 [13SE]

Articles and editorials

Mr. Maple Retires From University of Vermont Extension Service, S717 [9FE]

Bills and resolutions

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations for wildland firefighting costs (see H.R. 4419), H3437 (see H.R. 4419), H3537 [20MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: sudden oak death syndrome research, monitoring, and treatment funding (see S. 2575), S7434 [24JN] (see H.R. 4569), H4170 [15JN]

Forest Service: establish management priorities to protect old-growth timber, improve the health of young managed stands, increase the volume of commercial timber, and provide economic opportunities to local communities (see H.R. 4932), H6702 [22JY]

Healthy Forest Youth Conservation Corps: establish to permit young adults to perform projects to prevent fire and suppress fires, and provide disaster relief, on public lands (see S. 2253), S3294 [29MR] (see H.R. 4838), H5907 [15JY]

Montana: adjust boundaries of the Helena, Lolo, and Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forests (see S. 2408), S5227 [11MY] (see H.R. 5056), H6997 [9SE]

Native Americans: enter into an agreement or contract with Indian tribes meeting certain criteria to carry out projects to protect Indian forest land (see S. 2134), S1683 [26FE] (see H.R. 3846), H698 [26FE]

New Mexico: exchange certain lands in the Santa Fe National Forest and the Pecos National Historical Park (see S. 2622), S7827 [8JY]

Oregon: designate certain land as wilderness (see S. 2723), S8687 [22JY]

Public lands: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (see H.R. 5312), H9048 [8OC]

———provide for reforestation of appropriate forest cover on forest land derived from the public domain (see S. 2709), S8548 [21JY]

Tropical Forest Conservation Act: reauthorize (see S. 2787), S9075 [10SE] (see H.R. 4654), H4892 [23JN]

White River National Forest: convey certain Forest Service administrative sites and reserve proceeds from conveyance for facilities maintenance (see H.R. 4700), H4927 (see H.R. 4700), H5070 [24JN]

Letters

Healthy Forest Youth Conservation Corps Act: Representative Goodlatte, Committee on Agriculture (House), H7676 [28SE]

———Representative Pombo, Committee on Resources (House), H7676 [28SE]

Prohibit funding for construction and maintenance of roads used for logging in the Tongass National Forest: Mark Rey, Dept. of Agriculture, H4250 [16JN]

Sudden Oak Death Syndrome Control Act: Craig J. Regelbrugge, American Nursery & Landscape Association, S7442 [24JN]

———Mark R. Stanley, California Oak Mortality Task Force, S7443 [24JN]

———Robert H. Falconer, California Association of Nurseries and Garden Centers, S7443 [24JN]

———Steve Kinsey, Marin County, CA, Board of Supervisors, S7443 [24JN]

Remarks in House

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations for wildland firefighting costs (H.R. 4419), E957 [21MY]

Congo Basin Forest Partnership Program: authorize appropriations (H.R. 2264), H267-H270 [3FE], E123 [6FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Asian longhorned beetle eradication funding, H5564-H5567 [13JY]

———Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service sudden oak death research funding, H5562-H5564 [13JY]

———sudden oak death syndrome research, monitoring, and treatment funding (H.R. 4569), H8111-H8113 [5OC]

Dept. of the Interior: forest and environmental initiatives, E1195 [21JN]

Fire prevention: establish institutes to demonstrate and promote use of adaptive ecosystem management to reduce the risk of wildfires, and restore the health of fire-adapted forest and woodland ecosystems of the interior West (H.R. 2696), H523-H526 [24FE]

———wildfire prevention and management funding, H2992 [13MY]

Forest Service: carry out a demonstration program to assess potential water savings through control of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive plants (H.R. 2707), H520-H523 [24FE]

———establish management priorities to protect old-growth timber, improve the health of young managed stands, increase the volume of commercial timber, and provide economic opportunities to local communities, H7189-H7191 [14SE], H7217 [15SE]

———Forest Legacy Program funding, E1173 [18JN]

Healthy Forest Youth Conservation Corps: establish to permit young adults to perform projects to prevent fire and suppress fires, and provide disaster relief, on public lands (H.R. 4838), H7675-H7677 [28SE]

Moffat County, CO: tribute to Wildland Fire and Fuel Management Plan, E580 [21AP]

Mountain Area Safety Task Force (MAST): tribute to efforts in dealing with California wildfires and their aftereffects, E1245 [25JN]

Native Americans: enter into an agreement or contract with Indian tribes meeting certain criteria to carry out projects to protect Indian forest land (H.R. 3846), H4612, H4613 [21JN]

Tongass National Forest: prohibit funding for construction and maintenance of roads used for logging, H4249-H4252 [16JN], H10205 [20NO]

Tropical Forest Conservation Act: reauthorize (H.R. 4654), H5821 [15JY], H6722-H6724 [7SE], E1225 [24JN]

Urban areas: reforestation funding, H4458 [17JN]

Remarks in Senate

Arizona: authorize the Dept. of Agriculture to exchange certain land with the Yavapai Ranch Limited Partnership (S. 849), S8663 [22JY], S11884 [7DE]

Bureau of Reclamation: carry out a demonstration program to assess potential water savings through control of salt cedar and Russian olive plants (S. 1516), S5844 [19MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: sudden oak death syndrome research, monitoring, and treatment funding (S. 2575), S7442 [24JN], S12026 [8DE]

Fire prevention: establish institutes to demonstrate and promote use of adaptive ecosystem management to reduce the risk of wildfires, and restore the health of fire-adapted forest and woodland ecosystems of the interior West (H.R. 2696), S9326 [15SE]

———wildfire prevention and management, S7743 [7JY]

———wildfire prevention and management funding, S146, S147 [22JA]

Forest Counties Payments Committee: extend (H.R. 3249), S9330 [15SE]

Forest Service: Forest Land Enhancement Program funding, S8649 [22JY]

———hazardous fuels reduction activities funding, S2430 [9MR], S5039 [7MY], S8649 [22JY]

Healthy Forest Youth Conservation Corps: establish to permit young adults to perform projects to prevent fire and suppress fires, and provide disaster relief, on public lands (S. 2253), S3297 [29MR]

Montana: adjust boundaries of the Helena, Lolo, and Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forests (S. 2408), S5229 [11MY], S11174 [10OC]

NAFTA: treatment of Canadian softwood lumber imports, S5206 [11MY]

Native Americans: enter into an agreement or contract with Indian tribes meeting certain criteria to carry out projects to protect Indian forest land (H.R. 3846), S7527 [25JN]

———enter into an agreement or contract with Indian tribes meeting certain criteria to carry out projects to protect Indian forest land (S. 2134), S1692 [26FE]

Natural resources: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund conservation programs, S3551, S3552 [1AP]

New Mexico: exchange certain lands in the Santa Fe National Forest and the Pecos National Historical Park (S. 2622), S7835, S7836 [8JY], S11175 [10OC]

Oregon: designate certain land as wilderness (S. 2723), S8705-S8707 [22JY]

Roads and highways: identify a route as the Southwest Passage Initiative for Regional and Interstate Transportation Corridor, S1243 [12FE]

Tropical Forest Conservation Act: reauthorize (H.R. 4654), S9864 [28SE]

———reauthorize (S. 2787), S9076 [10SE]

Reports filed

Dept. of Agriculture Establishment of an Inventory and Management Program for Forests Derived From Public Domain Land: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1910) (S. Rept. 108-254), S4373 [26AP]

Montana National Forests Boundary Adjustment Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2408) (S. Rept. 108-370), S9812 [28SE]

Pecos National Historical Park Land Exchange Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2622) (S. Rept. 108-373), S9812 [28SE]

Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control Assessment and Demonstration Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2707) (H. Rept. 108-424), H574 [24FE]

Salt Cedar Control Demonstration Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1516) (S. Rept. 108-235), S2439 [9MR]

Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 2696) (S. Rept. 108-252), S3294 [29MR]

Tribal Forest Protection Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 3846) (H. Rept. 108-509), H3437, H3536 [20MY]

Tropical Forest Conservation Act Reauthorization: Committee on International Relations (House) (H.R. 4654) (H. Rept. 108-603), H5792 [14JY]

Texts of

H.R. 2696, Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act, H523-H525 [24FE]

H.R. 2707, Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control Assessment and Demonstration Act, H520 [24FE]

H.R. 3846, Tribal Forest Protection Act, H4612 [21JN]

H.R. 4569, sudden oak death syndrome research, monitoring, and treatment funding, H8111 [5OC]

H.R. 4654, Tropical Forest Conservation Act reauthorization, H6722 [7SE]

H.R. 4838, Healthy Forest Youth Conservation Corps Act, H7675 [28SE]

S. 1516, Salt Cedar Control Demonstration Act, S5844 [19MY]

S. 2408, Montana National Forests Boundary Adjustment Act, S11174 [10OC]

S. 2575, Sudden Oak Death Syndrome Control Act, S12027 [8DE]

S. 2622, Pecos National Historical Park Land Exchange Act, S7835 [8JY], S11175 [10OC]

S. 2787, Tropical Forest Conservation Act reauthorization, S9076 [10SE]