Forest Ecosystems and Atmospheric Pollution Research Act of 1986 - Amends the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Forest Service, to research the cause of declining domestic forest productivity related to atmospheric pollution through a ten-year program. Requires the Secretary to establish an advisory committee and coordinate the program with other governmental and private efforts.
Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress and the President at specified intervals on the existing research and the need for additional research and monitoring of forest decline. Requires a final report to be submitted not later than ten years after the initial program report.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Referred to Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture.
Referred to Subcommittee on Forest, Family Farms, and Energy.
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From USDA.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture Discharged.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported.
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Agriculture. Report No: 99-776.
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Agriculture. Report No: 99-776.
Placed on Union Calendar No: 469.
Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 416 - 4 (Record Vote No: 333).
Roll Call #333 (House)Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 416 - 4 (Record Vote No: 333).
Roll Call #333 (House)Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
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