A bill to reform the Tongass Timber Supply Fund.

Summary

Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to repeal the direct annual appropriation of funds to maintain the timber supply from the Tongass National Forest to dependent industry at a rate of a certain foot board measure per decade. Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Agriculture, subject to available appropriations, to carry out a program of intensive management of the commercial forest land of the Tongass National Forest in order to assure the availability of a sufficient supply of timber to achieve an allowable sale quantity of 4.5 billion board feet per decade. Requires the Secretary, each fiscal year, to prepare and offer for sale or release timber volumes on the Tongass National Forest based upon his estimate of the annual demand of the dependent industry and the sustained yield capacity of the forest.

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Timeline

1. 25 January 1989

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 25 January 1989

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 26 January 1989

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks.

   Source: Committee

4. 13 February 1989

   Committee

   Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested executive comment from U.S. Forest Service and Office of Management and Budget.

   Source: Committee

5. 28 February 1989

   Committee

   Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 101-30.

   Source: Committee

6. 6 April 1989

   Committee

   Committee on Energy and Natural Resources received executive comment from Department of Agriculture. Favorable.

   Source: Committee

7. 24 April 1989

   Committee

   Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks. Hearings held at Ketchikan, Alaska.

   Source: Committee

8. 25 April 1989

   Committee

   Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks. Hearings held at Sitka, Alaska.

   Source: Committee

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · undated · Official file

Documents

2 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 25 January 1989

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Sponsors

• Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] · R · Sponsor
• · sseg00 · Standing

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