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Ending Hunger Month, 1990...................... ........... 5439 6218............. Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month, 1990........ Oct. 26, 1990. Nov. 28, 1990 [H.R. 987] Tongass Timber 16 USC 539d To amend the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, to protect certain lands in the Tongass National Forest in perpetuity, to modify certain long-term timber contracts, to provide for protection of riparian habitat, 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 AND DEFINITION. (a) SHORT TITLE.-This Act may be cited as the "Tongass Timber Reform Act". TITLE I-FOREST MANAGEMENT PROVISIONS SEC. 101. TO REQUIRE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR TIMBER MANAGE- The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (Public Law 96-487, hereinafter referred to as "ANILCA") is hereby amended by deleting section 705(a) (16 U.S.C. 539d(a)) in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "SEC. 705. (a) Subject to appropriations, other applicable law, and the requirements of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-588), except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, the Secretary shall, to the extent consistent with providing for the multiple use and sustained yield of all renewable forest resources, seek to provide a supply of timber from the Tongass National Forest which (1) meets the annual market demand for timber from such forest and (2) meets the market demand from such forest for each planning cycle.". SEC. 102. IDENTIFICATION PRODUCTION. OF LANDS UNSUITABLE FOR TIMBER ANILCA is further amended by deleting section 705(d) (16 U.S.C. 539d(d)) in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof: "(d) All provisions of section 6(k) of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1604(k)) shall apply to the Tongass National Forest except that the Secretary need not consider economic factors in the identification of lands not suited for timber production.". SEC. 103. FISHERIES PROTECTION. (a) Section 705 (16 U.S.C. 539d) of ANILCA is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(e) In order to assure protection of riparian habitat, the Secretary shall maintain a buffer zone of no less than one hundred feet in width on each side of all Class I streams in the Tongass National Forest, and on those Class II streams which flow directly into a Class I stream, within which commercial timber harvesting shall be prohibited, except where independent national forest timber sales have already been sold prior to March 1, 1990, or where volume has been released prior to March 1, 1990, to either the Alaska Pulp Corporation or the Ketchikan Pulp Company pursuant to the longterm timber sale contracts numbered 12-11-010-1545 and A10fs1042 respectively. If such an independent timber sale or released volume is within the buffer zone, the Secretary shall make every effort to relocate such independent sale or released volume to an area outside of the buffer zone. The Secretary shall use best management practices, as defined in the Region 10 Soil and Water Conservation handbook (FSH 2509.22), January 1990, to assure the protection of riparian habitat on streams or portions of streams not protected by such buffer zones. For the purposes of this subsection, the terms 'Class I streams' and 'Class II streams' mean the same as they do in the Region 10 Aquatic Habitat Management Handbook (FSH 2609.24), June 1986.". (b) No later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the State of Alaska, the National Marine Fisheries Service, and affected private land owners, shall prepare and transmit to the Congress a study containing recommendations on the need, if any, to standardize riparian management practices for Federal, State, and private lands within the Tongass National Forest. SEC. 104. FUTURE REPORTS ON THE TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST AND CONSULTATION. (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.". (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.". SEC. 105. SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE PROGRAMS. (a) Section 14(i)(1) of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a(i)(1)), is amended by striking the following: "road: Provided, That the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to sales of timber on National Forest System lands in the State of Alaska." and inserting in lieu thereof "road.". (b) Section 705 (16 U.S.C. 539d) of ANILCA is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(f) Subject to appropriations, the provisions of this Act and other applicable law (including but not limited to the requirements of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-588)) and in order to assure the continuation of the Small Business Administration timber sale program, the Secretary shall, in consultation with the Administrator of the Small Business Administration and to the extent consistent with providing for the multiple use and sustained yield of all renewable forest resources, seek to provide a supply of timber from the Tongass National Forest to those purchasers qualifying as 'small business concerns' under the Small Business Act as amended (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.).". |