+ − Summaries (3)
+ − Actions (34)
- Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 864.
- Received in the Senate, read the first time.
- H.AMDT.829 Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Recorded Vote: 100 - 311 .
- H.AMDT.828 Amendment Offered by Representative Volkmer. An en bloc amendment directing the Secretary of Agriculture to renegotiate long-term timber contracts in the Tongass National Forest and to ensure that certain reports concerning the National Forest are made available to the Agriculture and Interior Committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.AMDT.830 Amendment Offered by Representative Young, of AK. An amendment to delete the existing section 102 from the bill and to insert a new section 102 which provides that the provisions for identification of lands unsuitable for timber production shall be in force notwithstanding the applicable provisions of the National Forest Management Act of 1976.
- H.AMDT.831 Amendment Offered by Representative Miller, of CA. An amendment to correct a typographical error in the bill so that the correct figure for the approximate acreage of Berners Bay which is affected by the bill is 35,279 acres.
- H.AMDT.832 Amendment Offered by Representative Volkmer. An amendment to direct the Forest Service to take steps to ensure greater emphasis on non-timber resources in the Tongass forest including enhancing fish and wildlife habitats and protecting it from the adverse impacts of other management activities such as timber harvesting.
- H.AMDT.833 Amendment Offered by Representative Young, of AK. An amendment to provide compensation to any workers who are certified to have lost their jobs as a result of the encactment of the provisions of the bill. Specifically, the amendment would require the Agriculture Department, in consultation with the Labor Department, to provide financial assistance to such workers for a period of up to six years. The proposed assistance would include, but not be limited to, continued health and welfare benefits, unemployment compensation or severance pay, layoff and vacation benefits, and retraining and relocation benefits.
- H.AMDT.828 Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
- H.AMDT.829 Amendment Offered by Representative Young, of AK. A substitute amendment which retains the existing timber harvest goals, but would allow the Agriculture Department to reivse the goal based on industry demand. The amendment creates a new advisory panel consisting of representatives from local and State governments, environmental groups, timber and other commercial industries, and native Alaskan landowners which would submit recommendations concerni ng the management of the Tongass National Forest to the Regional Forester.The amendment provides for the renogotiation of two long-term timber contracts, but prohibits changes in the timber sale volumes provided in the contracts. The substitute provides for a three-year moratorium on timber harvesting in five areas of the Tongass National Forest consisting of a total area of 160,000 acres.
- H.AMDT.830 Amendment Withdrawn in Committee of the Whole.
- H.AMDT.831 Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
- H.AMDT.832 Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
- H.AMDT.833 Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Voice Vote.
- Rule Passed House.
- Called up by House by Rule.
- Committee Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute Considered as an Original Bill for the Purpose of Amendment.
- House Agreed to Amendments Adopted by the Committee of the Whole.
- Passed House by Yea-Nay Vote: 361 - 47 .
- Committee on Rules Granted an Open Rule Providing One and One-half Hours of General Debate.
- Placed on Union Calendar No: 412.
- House Committee on Agriculture Discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Referred to Subcommittee on Forest, Family Farms, and Energy.
- Referred to House Committee on Agriculture Sequentially, for a Period Ending not Later than Jun 10, 88.
- Reported to House by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 100-600 .
- Ordered to be Reported .
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment Discharged.
- Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment.
- Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
+ − Amendments (6)
H.AMDT.828
An en bloc amendment directing the Secretary of Agriculture to renegotiate long-term timber contracts in the Tongass National Forest and to ensure that certain reports concerning the National Forest are made available to the Agriculture and Interior Committees of the House of Representatives.
H.AMDT.829
A substitute amendment which retains the existing timber harvest goals, but would allow the Agriculture Department to reivse the goal based on industry demand. The amendment creates a new advisory panel consisting of representatives from local and State governments, environmental groups, timber and other commercial industries, and native Alaskan landowners which would submit recommendations concerni ng the management of the Tongass National Forest to the Regional Forester.The amendment provides for the renogotiation of two long-term timber contracts, but prohibits changes in the timber sale volumes provided in the contracts. The substitute provides for a three-year moratorium on timber harvesting in five areas of the Tongass National Forest consisting of a total area of 160,000 acres.
H.AMDT.830
An amendment to delete the existing section 102 from the bill and to insert a new section 102 which provides that the provisions for identification of lands unsuitable for timber production shall be in force notwithstanding the applicable provisions of the National Forest Management Act of 1976.
H.AMDT.831
An amendment to correct a typographical error in the bill so that the correct figure for the approximate acreage of Berners Bay which is affected by the bill is 35,279 acres.
H.AMDT.832
An amendment to direct the Forest Service to take steps to ensure greater emphasis on non-timber resources in the Tongass forest including enhancing fish and wildlife habitats and protecting it from the adverse impacts of other management activities such as timber harvesting.
H.AMDT.833
An amendment to provide compensation to any workers who are certified to have lost their jobs as a result of the encactment of the provisions of the bill. Specifically, the amendment would require the Agriculture Department, in consultation with the Labor Department, to provide financial assistance to such workers for a period of up to six years. The proposed assistance would include, but not be limited to, continued health and welfare benefits, unemployment compensation or severance pay, layoff and vacation benefits, and retraining and relocation benefits.