Tongass Timber Management Act
Latest action. See H.R.987.
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.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on March 9, 1989. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
See H.R.987.
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The record's latest action, on July 13, 1989: See H.R.987.
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In the 101st Congress (1989-90), 650 of the 10,323 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 6.3 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
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Has anyone actually voted on it?
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Who is behind it?
HAROLD VOLKMER (D-MO) introduced it on March 9, 1989, and 1 member has since signed on as a cosponsor.
They are 1 Republican.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on March 9, 1989, 13747 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 13621 days ago, on July 13, 1989.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 101st Congress has not finished by January 3, 1991 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
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Vote history
- HouseSee H.R.987.
- SenateNot stated in the latest action
- PresidentNot stated in the latest action