To amend the joint resolution entitled a "Joint Resolution to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell timber within the Tongass National Forest", and for other purposes.
Tongass Timber Management Act - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to amend United States Forest Service long-term timber contracts in Alaska to: (1) ensure that management practices in the Tongass National Forest comply with Federal environmental and forest laws; (2) promote fair competition within the timber industry in southeast Alaska; (3) provide for a fair financial return to the United States; (4) prevent excessive harvesting of timber; (5) enhance the protection of fish and wildlife resources and habitats in such Forest; and (6) provide that operating periods are integrated with planning periods under the revised Tongass Land Management Plan. Requires the Secretary to assess the extent to which the planning and management of such Forest has differed from the planning and management of other national forests.
Repeals a provision authorizing an annual appropriation for the maintenance of the timber supply from such Forest.
Repeals a provision in order to require the Secretary of Agriculture to identify lands unsuitable for timber production in the development of land management plans for the Tongass National Forest timber utilization program.
Requires that the Secretary's annual report on the adequacy of the timber supply in southeastern Alaska be submitted to the House Committee on Agriculture in addition to other specified committees.
Requires that the Secretary's two-year report to the Congress on the status of such Forest include the impact of timber management on the subsistence resources, wildlife, and fisheries habitats in that Forest.
Requires that the study of Tongass National Forest timber supply and demand be conducted in cooperation and consultation with the Southeast Alaska commercial fishing industry in addition to other specified organizations and the southeast Alaska timber industry.
Became Public Law No: 101-626.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms, and Energy.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Offshore Energy Resources.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from USDA.
See H.R.987.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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See H.R.987.