LUMBER INDUSTRY see also Forests; Wood

Bills and resolutions

Alaska: exempt national forest lands from the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (see S. 384), S871 [26FE]

Dept. of the Interior: enter into agreements with States to allow continued operation of certain facilities and programs which would cease operating during a Federal Government shutdown (see H.R. 3311), H6767 [23OC]

Forest Service: resolve title issues involving real property and equipment acquired using funds provided under the Alaska Kiln Drying Grant Program (see H.R. 754), H594 [15FE]

Forests: expedite salvage timber sales as part of restoration and rehabilitation activities for lands in the Gila and Lincoln National Forests, and BLM lands impacted by fire in New Mexico (see H.R. 3432), H6953 [30OC]

——— expedite the salvage of fire-killed timber in Stanislaus National Forest, Yosemite National Park, and BLM lands impacted by the Rim Fire in California (see H.R. 3188), H5883 [26SE]

——— improve timber management on Oregon and California Railroad and Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands by emphasizing both forestry and conservation (see S. 1784), S8565 [9DE]

Heartland, Habitat, Harvest, and Horticulture Act: make permanent certain tax provisions relative to timber (see S. 1544), S6753 [24SE]

Oregon: restore forest landscapes, protect old growth forests, and manage national forests in the eastside forests (see S. 1301), S5708 [16JY]

Letters

Inclusion of logging employment in the W agricultural worker program established to replace the H-2A agricultural worker program: Thomas J. Vilsack, Sec. of Agriculture, S5338 [27JN]

Remarks in House

Anthony Timberlands, Inc.: tribute to addition of second shift at Bearden, AK, sawmill, H635 [26FE]

Arizona: economic impact of certain infrastructure development projects in rural areas, H6691 [23OC]

Economy: impact of Government regulations, H635 [26FE]

Forests: expedite the salvage of fire-killed timber in Stanislaus National Forest, Yosemite National Park, and BLM lands impacted by the Rim Fire in California (H.R. 3188), H7002 [13NO]

——— restart jobs in the timber industry, H4095 [27JN]

Montana: revitalize Forest Service forestlands and timber harvests, H1802 [21MR]

National forests: improve land management, H1979 [12AP]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Labor: require State workforce agencies and employers to certify the active recruitment of Americans for forest job placement prior to hiring H–2B nonimmigrant workers, S4653, S4661 [19JN]

Forests: improve timber management on Oregon and California Railroad and Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands by emphasizing both forestry and conservation (S. 1784), S8572 [9DE]

Immigration: inclusion of logging employment in the W agricultural worker program established to replace the H-2A agricultural worker program, S5337 [27JN]

Oregon: restore forest landscapes, protect old growth forests, and manage national forests in the eastside forests (S. 1301), S5711 [16JY], S6639 [19SE]

Whiteman Lumber Co.: tribute, S7057 [30SE]