LUMBER INDUSTRY related term(s) Forests; Wood

Bills and resolutions

Children and youth: exempt certain children employed in timber harvesting entities from child labor laws (see S. 671), S668 [7MR] (see H.R. 1397), H1148 [7MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: award grants to promote domestic hardwood industry (see H.R. 6880), H6998 [19DE]

——— carry out certain activities relating to research for wood products (see S. 2662), S3756 [27JY] (see H.R. 5044), H4140 [27JY]

——— make available certain unobligated balances to carry out timber block grant program (see H.R. 4216), H2990 [20JN]

——— permit removal of trees around electrical lines on National Forest System land without conducting timber sale (see S. 2269), S2360 [12JY] (see H.R. 6012), H5038 [20OC]

Dept. of HHS: establish home-based telemental health care demonstration program to increase mental health services in rural medically underserved populations and in farming, fishing, and forestry occupations (see S. 1077), S1088 [30MR] (see H.R. 6534), H6049 [30NO]

Dept. of Transportation: waive vehicle weight limitations for certain logging vehicles to allow for travel on Federal highways (see S. 1818), S1982 [6JN] (see H.R. 2493), H1707 [6AP]

Foreign trade: prohibit importation of products made wholly or in part of certain commodities produced on land undergoing illegal deforestation (see S. 3371), S5692 [30NO] (see H.R. 6515), H6048 [30NO]

Forest Service: update forest inventory and analysis program strategic plan to include expanded data collection and integrated advanced remote sensing technology (see S. 1743), S1745 [18MY] (see H.R. 3990), H2787 [9JN]

National Forest Management Act: amend relative to threshold for advertised timber sales (see H.R. 4717), H3699 [18JY]

National forests: restore employment and educational opportunities in, and economic stability of, counties with Federal forest land, while reducing management costs and providing revenue sources from such land (see H.R. 4228), H2990 [20JN]

National Loggers Day: designate (see S. Res. 387), S4827 [29SE] (see S. Res. 410), S5048 [17OC] (see H. Res. 781), H5007 [12OC]

Taxation: provide special rule for certain casualty losses of uncut timber (see S. 217), S204 [1FE] (see H.R. 655), H574 [31JA]

Remarks in House

Dept. of HHS: establish home-based telemental health care demonstration program to increase mental health services in rural medically underserved populations and in farming, fishing, and forestry occupations (H.R. 6534), H6157 [6DE]

Endangered Species Act: reform, H2557 [24MY]

Taxation: provide special rule for certain casualty losses of uncut timber (H.R. 655), H1875 [19AP]

Washington (State): tribute to logging industry, H1958 [26AP]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Agriculture: permit removal of trees around electrical lines on National Forest System land without conducting timber sale (S. 2269), S2364 [12JY]

National Loggers Day: designate (S. Res. 410), S5054 [17OC]

Texts of

S. Res. 387, National Loggers Day, S4828 [29SE]

S. Res. 410, National Loggers Day, S5052 [17OC]