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Union Calendar No. 592
106th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 1524
[Report No. 106-1021]
To authorize the continued use on public lands of the expedited
processes successfully used for windstorm-damaged national forests and
grasslands in Texas.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 22, 1999
Mrs. Chenoweth (for herself, Mr. Herger, and Mr. Doolittle) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources
October 31, 2000
Additional sponsors: Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Schaffer, Mr. Peterson of
Pennsylvania, Mr. Hall of Montana, Mr. Walden of Oregon, Mr. Taylor of
North Carolina, Mr. Thune, Mr. Boyd, and Mr. Rogers
October 31, 2000
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
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A BILL
To authorize the continued use on public lands of the expedited
processes successfully used for windstorm-damaged national forests and
grasslands in Texas.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Public Forests Emergency Act of
1999''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Natural catastrophic events in February 1998 created
potentially dangerous fire and insect infestation conditions in
areas of national forests and national grasslands in Texas, and
the removal of ``dead, down, and severely root-sprung trees
where mortality is expected'' in these areas was expedited by
the approval of alternative arrangements for that removal.
(2) The Administration should be commended for approving
those alternative arrangements, which helped prevent the
wildfires and insect and disease infestations often associated
with dead and dying trees on land, administered by the
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture.
(3) Numerous catastrophic forest conditions similar to,
equal to, or worse than the conditions in Texas described in
paragraph (1) exist on public lands, including National Forest
System lands, throughout the United States, and treatment
equivalent to that expedited under the alternative arrangements
is warranted and needed on these public lands.
SEC. 3. REQUEST FOR EXPEDITED TREATMENT OF DEAD, DOWNED, AND SEVERELY
ROOT-SPRUNG TREES.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of
Agriculture, as the case may be, shall request from the appropriate
officials in the executive branch the authority to remove dead, downed,
or severely root-sprung trees in the areas described in subsection (b)
in a manner similar to the alternative arrangements approved for
national forests and national grasslands in Texas in March 1998.
(b) Areas Described.--The areas referred to in subsection (a) are
the following:
(1) Approximately 3,900 acres of spruce beetle infested
lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management within the
Kenai Quadrangle in the State of Alaska.
(2) Approximately 30,000 acres of spruce beetle infested
lands in the Chugach National Forest in the State of Alaska.
(3) Approximately 100,000 acres of ice storm damaged and
Douglas Fir bark beetle infested lands in the Colville National
Forest in the State of Washington and the Idaho-Panhandle
National Forests in the State of Idaho.
(4) Approximately 50,000 acres of fire damaged and spruce
budworm infested lands in the Malheur National Forest in the
State of Oregon.
(5) Approximately 20,000 acres of mountain pine beetle
infested lands in the Black Hills National Forest in the State
of South Dakota.
(6) Approximately 20,000 acres of National Forest System
lands in the Tahoe Basin of California with insect infestation
and fuel-loading conditions.
(7) Approximately 10,000 acres of gypsy moth infested lands
in the Allegheny National Forest in the State of Pennsylvania.
(8) National Forest System lands in Region 8 of the Forest
Service, including the following:
(A) Approximately 3,000 acres of wind damaged lands
in the Desoto, Homochito, and Tombigbee National
Forests in the State of Mississippi.
(B) Approximately 500 acres of ice storm damaged
and gypsy moth infested lands in the George Washington
and Jefferson National Forests in the State of
Virginia.
(C) Approximately 3,000 acres of tornado damaged
lands in the Ouachita National Forest in the State of
Arkansas and the Kisatchie National Forest in the State
of Louisiana.
(D) Approximately 500 acres of southern pine beetle
infested lands in the Croatan National Forest in the
State of North Carolina.
(E) Approximately 3,500 acres of ice storm and wind
damaged lands in the Daniel Boone National Forest in
the State of Kentucky.
(F) Approximately 1,500 acres of ice storm damaged
lands in the Bankhead National Forest in the State of
Alabama and the Cherokee National Forest in the State
of Tennessee.
(G) Approximately 1,000 acres of southern pine
beetle infested National Forest System lands in
Florida.
(c) Consideration of Requests.--Upon receipt of a request under
subsection (a), the official in the executive branch responsible for
considering the request shall promptly consider and either approve or
disapprove the request. Not later than 90 days after receiving each
request, the responsible official shall submit to the Committee on
Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy
and National Resources of the Senate a report describing the specific
reasons for approving or disapproving the request.
Union Calendar No. 592
106th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 1524
[Report No. 106-1021]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To authorize the continued use on public lands of the expedited
processes successfully used for windstorm-damaged national forests and
grasslands in Texas.
_______________________________________________________________________
October 31, 2000
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
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