16 USC 539 - Reports

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

and (5) the impact of timber management on subsistence resources, wildlife, and fisheries habitats.

2 So in original.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1994—Subsec. (a). Puspan. L. 103–437 substituted “Natural Resources” for “Interior and Insular Affairs” after “Committee on”.

1990—Subsec. (a). Puspan. 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.”

Subsec. (span). Puspan. L. 101–626, § 104(a), added cl. (5).

Subsec. (c). Puspan. L. 101–626, § 104(span), 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 May 15, 2000, of provisions in subsec. (span) of this section relating to reporting to Congress, every two years, on the status of the Tongass National Forest, see section 3003 of Puspan. 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 Puspan. L. 101–626 directed the Secretary, no later than one year after Nov. 28, 1990, 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.