Bill to End Logging on Federal Lands Introduced

[Arthur Clark <aclark@essential.org>]

(The complete bill language, in both text and PDF 
 formats, is available on the new ERIN NFPRA web 
 page at http://www.essential.org/erin/nfpra.html)

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November 5, 1997


Bi-partisan Bill Introduced to End Commercial
Logging on Federal Public Lands


On Friday, October 31, 1997, Representatives Cynthia 
McKinney (D-GA) and Jim Leach (R-IA) introduced the 
National Forest Protection and Restoration Act of 
1997.  This bill would end commercial logging on 
National Forests, BLM Resource Areas, National 
Wildlife Refuges, and National Recreation Areas.  
At the same time, it would redirect taxpayer subsidies 
($791 million in 1996) to the timber industry into 
funding worker retraining programs, ecological 
restoration of lands damaged by logging, community 
development projects, and production of alternative 
fibers for use in papermaking.  Approximately $200 
million per year in savings over the current 
money-losing programs would remain unspent and be 
used for further deficit reduction.

The bill has been assigned number H.R. 2789, and 
referred to the House Committee on Resources, 
the Committee on Agriculture, and the Committee 
on Education and the Workforce.

The complete bill language, in both text and PDF 
formats, is available on the new ERIN NFPRA web 
page at http://www.essential.org/erin/nfpra.html

A transcript of the press conference held by 
Reps. McKinney and Leach is also available on 
this web page. 


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