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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3759 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant economy-related contract 

extensions of a certain timber contracts between the Secretary of the 

Interior and timber purchasers, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 8, 2009 

Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself, Mr. REHBERG, and Mr. SCHRADER) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant economyrelated contract extensions of a certain timber contracts 

between the Secretary of the Interior and timber purchasers, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘BLM Contract Exten5 sion Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ECONOMY-RELATED CONTRACT EXTENSIONS. 

7 (a) REQUEST.—Not later than 30 days after a timber 

8 purchaser requests an economy-related contract extension 


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1 of a qualifying contract between the Secretary of the Inte2 rior and the timber purchaser, the Secretary shall modify 

3 the qualifying contract to add 3 years to the contract expi4 ration date. 

5 (b) WAIVER OF CLAIMS AS OF EXTENSION.—The 

6 timber purchaser shall waive any and all claims it has 

7 against the United States involving the qualifying contract 

8 that exist on the date that the Secretary modifies the 

9 qualifying contract under subsection (a). 

10 (c) CLAIMS PRIOR TO DATE OF EXTENSION.—Noth11 ing in this Act shall affect any claim by the United States 

12 against any timber purchaser, including those claims that 

13 arose under a qualifying contract before the date on which 

14 the Secretary extends the contract expiration date under 

15 subsection (a). 

16 (d) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section, 

17 the following definitions apply: 

18 (1) ECONOMY-RELATED CONTRACT EXTEN19 SION.—The term ‘‘economy-related contract exten20 sion’’ means the addition of 3 years to the qualifying 

21 contract’s expiration date for the right to cut and 

22 remove timber. 

23 (2) QUALIFYING CONTRACT.—The term ‘‘quali24 fying contract’’ means a contract, executed on or be25 fore December 31, 2008, for the sale of timber from 


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1 lands administered by the Bureau of Land Manage2 ment— 

3 (A) for which there is unharvested volume 

4 remaining; 

5 (B) for which, not later than 90 days after 

6 the date of the enactment of this Act, the tim7 ber purchaser makes a written request to the 

8 Secretary for an economic related contract ex9 tension; and 

10 (C) that has not been terminated prior to 

11 the request for an economic related contract ex12 tension under subsection (a). 

13 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

14 the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di15 rector of the Bureau of Land Management. 

16 (4) TIMBER PURCHASER.—The term ‘‘timber 

17 purchaser’’ means the party to the qualifying con18 tract for the sale of timber from lands administered 

19 by the Bureau of Land Management. 

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