Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 2 — National Forests
§ 539e. Reports
Statutory text
Timber supply and demand in southeastern Alaska
The Secretary is directed to monitor timber supply and demand in southeastern Alaska and report annually thereon to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives.
Status of Tongass National Forest in southeastern Alaska; contents
Within five years from , and every two years thereafter the Secretary shall review and report to Congress on the status of the Tongass National Forest in southeastern Alaska. This report shall include, but not be limited to, (1) the timber harvest levels in the forest since ; (2) the impact of wilderness designation on the timber, fishing, and tourism industry in southeast Alaska; (3) measures instituted by the Forest Service to protect fish and wildlife in the forest; (4) the status of the small business set aside program in the Tongass Forest,1 and (5) the impact of timber management on subsistence resources, wildlife, and fisheries habitats.
Cooperation and consultation
The study required by this section shall be conducted in cooperation and consultation with the State, affected Native Corporations, the southeast Alaska timber industry, the Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, the southeast Alaska commercial fishing industry, and the Alaska Land Use Council..2
Footnotes
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
Pub. L. 96–487 title VII § 706 · 94 Stat. 2371
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 539e
Pub. L. 96–487, title VII, § 706, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2420
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 96–487, title VII, § 706, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2420Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 706. reports (a) The Secretary is directed to monitor timber supply and demand in southeastern Alaska and report annually thereon to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives. If, at any time after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary finds that the available land base in the Tongass National Forest is inadequate to maintain the timber supply from the Tongass National Forest to dependent industry at the rate of four billion five hundred million foot board measure per decade, he shall include such information in his report. (b) Within five years from the date of enactment of this Act and every two years thereafter, the Secretary shall review and report to Congress on the status of the Tongass National Forest in southeast-ern Alaska. This report shall include, but not be limited to, (1) the timber harvest levels in the forest since the enactment of this Act; (2) the impact of wilderness designation on the timber, fishing, and tourism industry in southeast Alaska; (3) measures instituted by the Forest Service to protect fish and wildlife in the forest; and (4) the status of the small business set aside program in the Tongass Forest. (c) The study required by this section shall be conducted in cooperation and consultation with the State, affected Native Corporations, the southeast Alaska timber industry, the Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, and the Alaska Land Use Council.Tongass Timber Reform Act
Pub. L. 101–626 § 104(a) · 104 Stat. 4426
Struck · 16 U.S.C. § 539e(a)
Pub. L. 101–626, § 104(a), struck out at end “If, at any time after December 2, 1980, the Secretary finds that the available land base in the Tongass National Forest is inadequate to maintain the timber supply from the Tongass National Forest to dependent industry at the rate of four billion five hundred million foot board measure per decade, he shall include such information in his report.”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–626, § 104(a), struck out at end “If, at any time after December 2, 1980, the Secretary finds that the available land base in the Tongass National Forest is inadequate to maintain the timber supply from the Tongass National Forest to dependent industry at the rate of four billion five hundred million foot board measure per decade, he shall include such information in his report.”Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) Reports.— Section 706(a) of ANILCA (16 U.S.C. 539e(a)) is amended by striking the second sentence. Section 706(b) of ANILCA (16 U.S.C. 539e(b)) is amended as follows: (1) Strike “and (4)” and insert in lieu thereof “(4)”. (2) Strike the period at the end of the subsection and insert “, and (5) the impact of timber management on subsistence resources, wildlife, and fisheries habitats.”.Tongass Timber Reform Act
Pub. L. 101–626 § 104(a) · 104 Stat. 4426
Added · 16 U.S.C. § 539e(b)
Pub. L. 101–626, § 104(a), added cl. (5)
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101–626, § 104(a), added cl. (5).Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) Reports.— Section 706(a) of ANILCA (16 U.S.C. 539e(a)) is amended by striking the second sentence. Section 706(b) of ANILCA (16 U.S.C. 539e(b)) is amended as follows: (1) Strike “and (4)” and insert in lieu thereof “(4)”. (2) Strike the period at the end of the subsection and insert “, and (5) the impact of timber management on subsistence resources, wildlife, and fisheries habitats.”.Tongass Timber Reform Act
Pub. L. 101–626 § 104(b) · 104 Stat. 4426
Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 539e(c)
Pub. L. 101–626, § 104(b), substituted “the southeast Alaska commercial fishing industry, and the Alaska Land Use Council.” for “and the Alaska Land Use Council”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101–626, § 104(b), substituted “the southeast Alaska commercial fishing industry, and the Alaska Land Use Council.” for “and the Alaska Land Use Council”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(b) Consultation.— Section 706(c) of ANILCA (16 U.S.C. 539e(c)) is amended by striking “and the Alaska Land Use Council” and inserting in lieu thereof “the southeast Alaska commercial fishing industry, and the Alaska Land Use Council.”.Pub. L. 103–437 § 6(d)(31) · 108 Stat. 4581
Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 539e(a)
Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Natural Resources” for “Interior and Insular Affairs” after “Committee on”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Natural Resources” for “Interior and Insular Affairs” after “Committee on”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(31) sections 706(a) and 1315(d) of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 539e(a), 3203(d)).
5 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Amendments1990–1994 · 2 rounds
1994
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Natural Resources” for “Interior and Insular Affairs” after “Committee on”.
1990
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–626, § 104(a), struck out at end “If, at any time after , the Secretary finds that the available land base in the Tongass National Forest is inadequate to maintain the timber supply from the Tongass National Forest to dependent industry at the rate of four billion five hundred million foot board measure per decade, he shall include such information in his report.”
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101–626, § 104(a), added cl. (5).
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101–626, § 104(b), substituted “the southeast Alaska commercial fishing industry, and the Alaska Land Use Council.” for “and the Alaska Land Use Council”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Termination of Reporting Requirements
For termination, effective , of provisions in subsec. (b) of this section relating to reporting to Congress, every two years, on the status of the Tongass National Forest, see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and page 48 of House Document No. 103–7.
Study Regarding Feasibility of Acquiring Previously Harvested Private Lands in Tongass National Forest
Section 501 of Pub. L. 101–626 directed the Secretary, no later than one year after , to complete a study regarding feasibility of acquiring private lands located within boundary of the Tongass National Forest, which have been significantly harvested and to transmit the study to specific committees of Congress.
Credits
1980–1994 · 3 acts
- 1980Pub. L. 96–487, title VII, § 706, , 94 Stat. 2420
- 1990Pub. L. 101–626, title I, § 104, , 104 Stat. 4427
- 1994Pub. L. 103–437, § 6(d)(31), , 108 Stat. 4584.
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(Pub. L. 96–487, title VII, § 706, , 94 Stat. 2420; Pub. L. 101–626, title I, § 104, , 104 Stat. 4427; Pub. L. 103–437, § 6(d)(31), , 108 Stat. 4584.)