A bill to require annual appropriations of funds to support timber management and resource conservation on the Tongass National Forest.
Tongass Timber Reform Act - Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to repeal the ongoing appropriations for timber utilization in the Tongass National Forest, Alaska.
Repeals the requirement for identifying lands unsuitable for timber production in such forest, and repeals the reporting requirement on the adequacy of timber supply from such forest lands.
Requires the biennial report on such Forest to include the impact of timber management on subsistence resources, wildlife, and fisheries habitats.
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 864.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested executive comment from Interior Department, OMB.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested executive comment from Agriculture Department.
Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks. Hearings held.
Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks. Hearings held.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources received executive comment from Agriculture Department. Unfavorable.
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