FOREST SERVICE

Amendments

Disasters: improve ability of Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to promptly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events affecting forest lands (H.R. 4200), H2588 [12MY], H2667, H2673, H2675, H2677, H2679 [17MY]

Articles and editorials

Protect Tongass National Forest, H2842 [18MY]

Bills and resolutions

Arizona: authorize and direct the exchange and conveyance of certain national forest land and other land in southeast Arizona (see S. 2466), S2467 [28MR]

Bitterroot National Forest: grant rights-of-way to owners of dams (see S. 2633), S3420 [24AP]

California: designate certain public lands as wilderness and certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers and establish the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest (see S. 2432), S2312 [16MR] (see H.R. 5006), H1129 [16MR]

Chattahoochee National Forest: establish Mountaintown National Scenic Area and designate additional National Forest System land as components of existing wilderness areas (see H.R. 5612), H4008 [14JN]

Coffman Cove, AK: conveyance of certain Forest Service land (see H.R. 5764), H5047 [11JY]

Disasters: improve ability of Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to promptly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events affecting forest lands (H.R. 4200), consideration (see H. Res. 816), H2640 [16MY]

Forests: enter into partnership agreements with entities and local communities to encourage greater cooperation in administration of activities on and near National Forest System lands (see S. 2676), S3704 [27AP]

———implement hazardous fuels reduction projects in Colorado, extend stewardship contracts, and extend tax credits for electricity produced from biomass (see H.R. 5756), H5046 [11JY]

———protection of certain roadless areas (see S. 2364), S1644 [2MR]

Public lands: restore authority to utilize special use permit fees for marinas in units of the National Forest System derived from the public domain (see S. 3188), S5229 [25MY]

Smyth County, VA: convey the former Konnarock Lutheran Girls School to facilitate the restoration and reuse of the property (see H.R. 5103), H1562 [5AP]

Vermont: designate certain National Forest System lands for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System and designate a national recreation area (see S. 2565), S3211 [6AP] (see H.R. 5157), H1678 [6AP]

Cost Estimates

Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act (H.R. 4200): CBO, H2658 [17MY]

Letters

Environmental and natural resources programs funding: several environmental organizations, S2256 [16MR]

Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act: Casey Judd, Federal Wildland Fire Service Association, H2652 [17MY]

———several forestry management associations and corporations, H2653 [17MY]

———several scientists, H2650-H2652 [17MY]

———William D. Killen, International Association of Fire Chiefs, H2652 [17MY]

Right-to-Ride Livestock on Federal Lands Act: Representative Goodlatte, Committee on Agriculture (House), H2602 [16MY]

Remarks in House

Chesley, Tim: Forest Service National Managerial Engineer of the Year award recipient, E415 [28MR]

Conservation of natural resources: environmental and natural resources programs funding, H1599, H1600 [6AP]

Disasters: improve ability of Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to promptly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events affecting forest lands (H.R. 4200), H2659-H2680, H2687 [17MY], H2819 [18MY], E869, E870 [18MY], E898, E908 [19MY], E1094 [9JN]

———improve ability of Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to promptly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events affecting forest lands (H.R. 4200), amendment process, H2553 [11MY]

———improve ability of Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to promptly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events affecting forest lands (H.R. 4200), consideration (H. Res. 816), H2648-H2659 [17MY]

———require consideration of the effect of any recovery or research project on fire risk and forest regeneration, H2679, H2680 [17MY]

Fire prevention: wildland fire management funding through reductions in National Endowment for the Arts funding, H2819, H2820 [18MY]

Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act: strike waivers of existing conservation laws, H2673, H2674 [17MY]

Forests: allow emergency procedures to be used on land managed for timber production and incorporate salvage and restoration activities in management plans for other land to handle post-catastrophe recovery, H2675-H2677 [17MY]

———encourage programs with local communities to encourage greater cooperation in prevention of forest fires on and near National Forest System lands, H2804 [18MY]

———protection of certain roadless areas, H2677-H2679 [17MY]

Los Padres National Forest: eliminate private inholdings through a land exchange with the United Water Conservation District (H.R. 4162), H3727, H3728 [12JN]

Ocala National Forest: proposal to sell forest lands, H1170 [28MR], H1425 [4AP], H5050 [12JY]

Public lands: preserve the use and access of pack and saddle stock animals to public lands where there is a historical tradition of such use (H.R. 586), H2601-H2603 [16MY], E873 [18MY]

Tongass National Forest: prohibit funding for construction and maintenance of roads used for logging, H2840-H2842 [18MY]

Wood Utilization Program: prohibit funding, H3112 [23MY]

Remarks in Senate

Arizona: authorize and direct the exchange and conveyance of certain national forest land and other land in southeast Arizona (S. 2466), S2472 [28MR]

Bitterroot National Forest: grant rights-of-way to owners of dams (S. 2633), S3424 [24AP]

Conservation of natural resources: environmental and natural resources programs funding, S2233, S2234, S2256, S2257 [16MR]

Ecology and environment: forest health projects funding, S3878 [2MY]

———hazardous fuels and forest health projects funding, S3668 [27AP]

Forest Legacy Program: funding, S3373 [7AP]

Forests: enter into partnership agreements with entities and local communities to encourage greater cooperation in administration of activities on and near National Forest System lands (S. 2676), S3716 [27AP]

———protection of certain roadless areas (S. 2364), S1655 [2MR]

Public lands: restore authority to utilize special use permit fees for marinas in units of the National Forest System derived from the public domain (S. 3188), S5255 [25MY]

———restore stability to payments made to States and counties containing certain Federal lands used for the benefit of public schools and roads, S3858 [2MY]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (S. 267), S4463 [11MY], S5335 [26MY]

Vermont: designate certain National Forest System lands for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System and designate a national recreation area (S. 2565), S3227 [6AP]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 4200, Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 816) (H. Rept. 109-467), H2640 [16MY]

Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4200) (H. Rept. 109-451), H2173 [4MY]

Restore Forest Service Authority To Utilize Special Use Permit Fees for Marinas in Units of the National Forest System Derived From the Public Domain: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4084) (H. Rept. 109-490), H3495 [7JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 816, consideration of H.R. 4200, Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act, H2648 [17MY]

H.R. 586, Right-to-Ride Livestock on Federal Lands Act, H2601 [16MY]

H.R. 4162, Los Padres National Forest Land Exchange Act, H3727 [12JN]

H.R. 4200, Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act, H2667-H2673 [17MY]

S. 2364, Roadless Area Conservation Act, S1655-S1657 [2MR]

S. 3188, restore Forest Service authority to utilize special use permit fees for marinas in units of the National Forest System derived from the public domain, S5256 [25MY]