Tongass Timber Reform Act

Summary

Tongass Timber Reform Act - Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to repeal the ongoing appropriations for timber utilization in the Tongass National Forest, Alaska. Repeals the requirement for identifying lands unsuitable for timber production in such forest. Repeals the reporting requirement on the adequacy of timber supply from such forest lands. Requires the biennial report on such Forest to include the impact of timber management on subsistence resources, wildlife, and fisheries habitats.

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Timeline

1. 10 March 1987

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 10 March 1987

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 10 March 1987

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 18 March 1987

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment.

   Source: Committee

5. 19 May 1987

   Committee

   Subcommittee Hearings Held.

   Source: Committee

6. 21 May 1987

   Committee

   Subcommittee Hearings Held.

   Source: Committee

7. 23 March 1988

   Reported

   Ordered to be Reported (Amended).

   Source: Committee

8. 23 March 1988

   Committee

   Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

   Source: Committee

9. 23 March 1988

   Committee

   Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment Discharged.

   Source: Committee

10. 4 May 1988

    Introduced

    Referred to House Committee on Agriculture Sequentially, for a Period Ending not Later than Jun 10, 88.

    Source: IntroReferral

11. 4 May 1988

    Reported

    Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 100-600 (Part I).

    Source: Committee

12. 4 May 1988

    Reported

    Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 100-600 (Part I).

    Source: Committee

13. 5 May 1988

    Referred

    Referred to Subcommittee on Forest, Family Farms, and Energy.

    Source: Committee

14. 25 May 1988

    Committee

    Subcommittee Hearings Held.

    Source: Committee

15. 26 May 1988

    Committee

    Subcommittee Hearings Held.

    Source: Committee

16. 10 June 1988

    Calendars

    Placed on Union Calendar No: 412.

    Source: Calendars

17. 10 June 1988

    Committee

    House Committee on Agriculture Discharged by Unanimous Consent.

    Source: Committee

18. 10 June 1988

    Discharge

    House Committee on Agriculture Discharged by Unanimous Consent.

    Source: Discharge

19. 6 July 1988

    Floor

    Committee on Rules Granted an Open Rule Providing One and One-half Hours of General Debate.

    Source: Floor

20. 27 July 1988

    Vote

    Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 361 - 47 (Record Vote No: 243).

    Source: Floor

21. 27 July 1988

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 361 - 47 (Record Vote No: 243).

    Source: Floor

22. 27 July 1988

    Passed

    House Agreed to Amendments Adopted by the Committee of the Whole.

    Source: Floor

23. 27 July 1988

    Floor

    Called up by House by Rule.

    Source: Floor

24. 27 July 1988

    Passed

    Rule Passed House.

    Source: Floor

25. 3 August 1988

    Introduced

    Received in the Senate, read the first time.

    Source: IntroReferral

26. 4 August 1988

    Calendars

    Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 864.

    Source: Calendars

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Documents

3 official files

• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 27 July 1988

  Open at official source

• Reported to House amended, Part I

  summary · EN · 4 May 1988

  Open at official source

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Related records

• related to ← Alaskan Timber Contract Modification Act
• related to ← Tongass Timber Reform Act
• amends ← 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.
• amends ← 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.
• amends ← 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.
• amends ← 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.
• amends ← 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.
• amends ← 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.