LUMBER INDUSTRY see also Forests

Bills and resolutions

Alaska: exempt national forest lands from the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (see S. 631), S1246 [3MR]

Children and youth: exempt certain children employed in logging or mechanized operations from child labor laws (see S. 694), S1383 [10MR] (see H.R. 1215), H1565 [3MR] (see H.R. 3283), H5762 [29JY]

Forest Service: resolve title issues involving real property and equipment acquired using funds provided under the Alaska Kiln Drying Grant Program (see S. 644), S1246 [3MR] (see H.R. 392), H405 [14JA]

Forests: improve timber management on Oregon and California Railroad and Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands by emphasizing both forestry and conservation (see S. 132), S100 [8JA]

Heartland, Habitat, Harvest, and Horticulture Act: make permanent certain tax provisions relative to timber (see S. 2178), S7272 [8OC] (see H.R. 3161), H5402 [22JY]

Marathon County, WI: exempt certain highways from vehicle weight limitations for certain logging vehicles (see H.R. 3778), H7088 [21OC]

National forests: authorize States to select and acquire certain lands to be managed and operated by the State for timber production and other purposes under the laws of the State (see H.R. 3650), H6705 [29SE]

Remarks in House

BLM: prohibit funding to implement revision of resource management plan for forests in western Oregon, H4820 [7JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: develop and implement landscape-scale forest restoration projects that include the generation of material that will be used to promote advanced wood products, H5005 [9JY]

Economy: promote growth by ensuring efforts to balance conservation with job creation, H7167 [23OC]

Endangered Species Act: impact on rural economy, H148 [8JA]

Forest Service: review management of the National Forest System and active forest management, H2667 [30AP], H9192–H9198 [9DE]

Forests: improve timber management, H7746 [5NO]

Remarks in Senate

Alaska: exempt national forest lands from the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (S. 631), S1252 [3MR]

Climate: impact of deforestration on global warming, S7810 [5NO]

Forests: improve timber management on Oregon and California Railroad and Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands by emphasizing both forestry and conservation (S. 132), S101 [8JA]