H.R. 1524 — Public Forests Emergency Act of 1999

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Public Forests Emergency Act of 1999 - Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to request authority to remove dead, downed, or severely root-sprung trees in a similar manner to arrangements approved for national forests and grasslands in Texas in 1998 for specified public and forest lands in: (1) Alaska; (2) Idaho; (3) Oregon; (4) South Dakota; (5) California; (6) Pennsylvania; (7) Mississippi; (8) Virginia; (9) Arkansas; (10) Louisiana; (11) North Carolina; (12) Kentucky; (13) Alabama (14) Tennessee; and (15) Florida.

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1999-04-22
Introduced in House
1999-04-22
Introduced in House
1999-04-22
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
1999-04-26
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
1999-04-27
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
1999-04-27
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 8 - 6.
1999-05-05
Executive Comment Received from Interior.
1999-06-09
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
1999-06-09
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 8.
2000-10-31
Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 106-1021.
2000-10-31
Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 106-1021.
2000-10-31
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 592.

Public Forests Emergency Act of 1999

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