[Congressional Bills 103th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 2456 Introduced in Senate (IS)] 103d CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2456 To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out activities on certain federally owned lands to address the adverse effects of 1994 wildfires in the western portion of the United States, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 22 (legislative day, September 12), 1994 Mr. Gorton introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out activities on certain federally owned lands to address the adverse effects of 1994 wildfires in the western portion of the United States, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Forest Health Act of 1994''. SEC. 2. ACTIVITIES TO ADDRESS THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF WILDFIRES. (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, immediately after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service and in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, shall carry out the following activities on Federally owned lands that were adversely affected by the 1994 wildfires in the western portion of the United States: (1) Thinning and salvaging dead, dying, bug infested, and burnt timber to remove existing fuel loads and improve the health of forests. (2) Seeding with grass seeds, conducting tree planting operations, and carrying out other forms of revegetation for the purposes of flood prevention and the prevention of landslides. (b) Employment.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, to the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary of Agriculture shall employ dislocated timber workers to carry out the activities specified in subsection (a). <all>