LUMBER INDUSTRY related term(s) Forests

Bills and resolutions

Alaska: exempt national forest lands from the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (see S. 1357), S4554 [13JY] (see H.R. 2526), H5018 [13JY]

Forest Service: replace current administrative appeals process with a pre-decisional administrative review process modeled after successful approach used in the Healthy Forests Restoration Act (see H.R. 2209), H4326 [16JN]

Forests: restart jobs in the timber industry by providing for the protection of the Mexican spotted owl in sanctuaries (see H.R. 1202), H1984 [17MR]

International Year of Forests: observance (see S. Res. 113), S1933 [29MR]

Oregon: restore forest landscapes, protect old growth forests, and manage national forests in the eastside forests (see S. 220), S338 [27JA]

Remarks in House

Business and industry: enforcement of Lacey Act provisions prohibiting use of illegally harvested timber in U.S. products, H6276, H6277 [21SE]

Economy: impact of endangered species listings on employment, H3209 [11MY]

———impact of Government regulations, H762 [14FE]

———importance of job creation, H7020 [25OC]

Forest Service: boost and streamline timber harvests, H5407 [25JY]

———proposed service plan relative to production of timber and energy resources from national forests, H3209 [11MY]

Forests: restart jobs in the timber industry by providing for the protection of the Mexican spotted owl in sanctuaries (H.R. 1202), H2034 [29MR], H2321 [5AP]

Supreme Court: review of case requiring forest roads used for timber management to have permits under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, H9900 [16DE]

Remarks in Senate

Alaska: exempt national forest lands from the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (S. 1357), S4558 [13JY]

New Hampshire Timberland Owners Association: anniverary, S2838 [10MY]

Oregon: restore forest landscapes, protect old growth forests, and manage national forests in the eastside forests (S. 220), S340 [27JA]

Texts of

S. Res. 113, International Year of Forests, S1938 [29MR]