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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 2 — National Forests

§ 539e. Reports

Statutory text

(a)

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.

(b)

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.

(c)

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

  1. 1 So in original. The comma probably should be a semicolon.
  2. 2 So in original.

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.

  1. 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. 2420

    Enacted 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.

  2. 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.”.

  3. 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.”.

  4. 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.”.

  5. 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
  1. 1980Pub. L. 96–487, title VII, § 706, , 94 Stat. 2420
  2. 1990Pub. L. 101–626, title I, § 104, , 104 Stat. 4427
  3. 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.)

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