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Recognizing the importance and sustainability of the United States hardwoods industry and urging that United States hardwoods and the products derived from United States hardwoods be given full…

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Recognizing the importance and sustainability of the United States hardwoods industry and urging that United States hardwoods and the products derived from United States hardwoods be given full consideration in any program directed at constructing environmentally preferable commercial, public, or private buildings.

Introduced: September 22, 2008 See on congress.gov
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Sep 22, 2008
Introduced in House
Sep 22, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Recognizes that U.S. hardwoods are an abundant, sustainable, and legal resource.

Urges that U.S. hardwoods and derivative products should be given full consideration in programs directed at constructing environmentally preferable commercial, public, or private buildings.

What's happening now September 22, 2008

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1 Republican 3
R
Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Dec 10, 2008
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Nov 20, 2008
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Oct 2, 2008
 R
Foxx, Virginia
North Carolina · Sep 24, 2008
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 1477: Recognizing the importance and sustainability of the United States hardwoods industry and urging that United States hardwoods and the products derived from United States hardwoods be given full consideration in any program directed at constructing environmentally preferable commercial, public, or private buildings.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HRES-1477/
MLA
"H. Res. 1477: Recognizing the importance and sustainability of the United States hardwoods industry and urging that United States hardwoods and the products derived from United States hardwoods be given full consideration in any program directed at constructing environmentally preferable commercial, public, or private buildings.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HRES-1477/.
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H. Res. 1477, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HRES-1477/.
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[H. Res. 1477: Recognizing the importance and sustainability of the United States hardwoods industry and urging that United States hardwoods and the products derived from United States hardwoods be given full consideration in any program directed at constructing environmentally preferable commercial, public, or private buildings.](https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HRES-1477/)
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