[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.


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                   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

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                                 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).
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