§ 539e. — Reports.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC539e]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 2--NATIONAL FORESTS
SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 539e. Reports
(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 December 2, 1980, 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 December 2, 1980; (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.
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\1\ So in original. The comma probably should be a semicolon.
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(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\
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\2\ So in original.
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(Pub. L. 96-487, title VII, Sec. 706, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2420; Pub.
L. 101-626, title I, Sec. 104, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4427; Pub. L.
103-437, Sec. 6(d)(31), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4584.)
Amendments
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, Sec. 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. (b). Pub. L. 101-626, Sec. 104(a), added cl. (5).
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101-626, Sec. 104(b), substituted ``the
southeast Alaska commercial fishing industry, and the Alaska Land Use
Council.'' for ``and the Alaska Land Use Council''.
Change of Name
Committee on Natural Resources of House of Representatives treated
as referring to Committee on Resources of House of Representatives by
section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note preceding section 21
of Title 2, The Congress.
Termination of Reporting Requirements
For termination, effective May 15, 2000, 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 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.
