To provide additional security measures to stop the illegal harvesting of timber, to create a situation in which honest timber operations are not forced to compete against illegal operators, and to insure that taxpayers are receiving full value for an increasingly scarce public timber resource and to eliminate the potential for waste, fraud and abuse in the Forest Service timber sale program.
National Forest Waste and Fraud Prevention Act of 1991 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish an Office of Harvest Administration Audit on each National Forest within specified regions of the United States Forest Service to review and audit timber sales.
Establishes civil and criminal penalties for timber sale violations.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms, and Energy.
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