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Timber Management Improvement Act of 1993

Introduced: March 29, 1993 Introduced by: Wyden, Ron Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Introduced
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 27, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
Mar 31, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops and Natural Resources.
Mar 29, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Mar 29, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Mar 29, 1993
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Timber Management Improvement Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior, acting through the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management, respectively, to prepare a report displaying the yields and costs (financial and environmental) of timber management investment opportunities for Federal lands in the States of California, Oregon, and Washington. Requires both Secretaries to establish advisory boards to review and comment on the investments examined.

Amends the Cooperative Forest Assistance Act of 1978 to allocate appropriations for private forest lands in the States of California, Oregon, and Washington to further second growth management of timber resources to offset the expected decline in timber harvests from Federal lands as a result of listing the northern spotted owl as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Requires financial assistance to be concentrated in those counties containing Federal lands designated as habitat conservation areas for the purposes of the protection and recovery of the northern spotted owl.

Amends specified Federal law (the Knutson-Vandenberg Act) to assure that amounts from the fund established by such Act are available for timber management investments on Federal lands consistent with the Act's original intent.

What's happening now April 27, 1993

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.

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