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HR 2745 104th Congress House

Restoration of Natural Resources Laws on the Public Lands Act of 1995

Official title: To repeal the emergency salvage timber sale program enacted as part of Public Law 104-19.

Introduced: March 20, 1996 See on congress.gov
Public Lands and Natural Resources Environmental ProtectionEnvironmental assessmentGovernment Operations and PoliticsNational forestsTimber sales
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Dec 11, 1995
Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Interior.
Dec 11, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Resource Conservation, Research and Forestry.
Dec 7, 1995
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Dec 7, 1995
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 11, 1995

Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Interior.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Restoration of Natural Resources Laws on the Public Lands Act of 1995 - Amends Federal law to repeal the emergency salvage timber sale program. Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to suspend respective activities until they have determined that any such activity complies with applicable environmental and natural resource laws.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 23
All 23 Democratic 17 Independent 1
GREENWOOD, JAMES
· Jun 25, 1996
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 20, 1996
GOSS, PORTER
· Feb 29, 1996
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Feb 29, 1996
FROST, MARTIN
· Feb 27, 1996
QUINN, JACK
· Feb 27, 1996
 D
Fields, Cleo
Louisiana · Feb 13, 1996
 D
Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · Feb 13, 1996
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Feb 13, 1996
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jan 25, 1996
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Dec 22, 1995
DEUTSCH, PETER
· Dec 22, 1995
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Dec 19, 1995
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Dec 13, 1995
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Dec 13, 1995
 D
Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Dec 12, 1995
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Dec 7, 1995
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Dec 7, 1995
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Dec 7, 1995
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Dec 7, 1995
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Dec 7, 1995
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Dec 7, 1995
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Dec 7, 1995
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2745: Restoration of Natural Resources Laws on the Public Lands Act of 1995. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-2745/
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"H.R. 2745: Restoration of Natural Resources Laws on the Public Lands Act of 1995." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-2745/.
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