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HR 2789 105th Congress House

National Forest Protection and Restoration Act of 1997

Official title: To save taxpayers money, reduce the deficit, cut corporate welfare, and protect and restore America's natural heritage by eliminating the fiscally wasteful and… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To save taxpayers money, reduce the deficit, cut corporate welfare, and protect and restore America's natural heritage by eliminating the fiscally wasteful and ecologically destructive commercial logging program on Federal public lands and to facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of communities dependent on the Federal logging program.

Introduced: September 25, 1998 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 25, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning.
Nov 25, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry, Resource Conservation and Research.
Nov 6, 1997
Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Interior.
Nov 6, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.
Nov 6, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Nov 6, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
Oct 31, 1997
Referred to House Education and the Workforce
Oct 31, 1997
Referred to House Resources
Oct 31, 1997
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Resources, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
Oct 31, 1997
Referred to House Agriculture
Oct 31, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 25, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

National Forest Protection and Restoration Act of 1997 - Prohibits commercial logging and timber sales (with specified exceptions) on Federal public lands, with a two-year phase-out for existing contracts. Provides for payment of relinquished contracts. Authorizes appropriations.

Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to each establish a National Heritage Restoration Corps to restore such lands to their natural pre-logging condition.

Provides for worker retraining of eligible persons whose jobs have been lost due to terminated timber and logging contracts. Directs the Secretary of Labor to make training grants, including grants for job search and relocation.

Sets forth fund allocation provisions, including amounts for an Environmental Protection Agency investigation of non-wood paper and construction alternatives.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 8
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3
KLECZKA, GERALD
· Sep 25, 1998
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Sep 25, 1998
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Sep 25, 1998
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jun 5, 1998
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