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Union Calendar No. 231 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3759 

[Report No. 111–394] 

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 

JANUARY 12, 2010 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

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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. 

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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 

9 of a qualifying contract between the Secretary of the Inte10 rior and the timber purchaser, the Secretary shall modify 

11 the qualifying contract to add 3 years to the contract expi12 ration date. 

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

14 timber purchaser shall waive any and all claims it has 

15 against the United States involving the qualifying contract 

16 that exist on the date that the Secretary modifies the 

17 qualifying contract under subsection (a). 

18 (c) CLAIMS PRIOR TO DATE OF EXTENSION.—Noth19 ing in this Act shall affect any claim by the United States 

20 against any timber purchaser, including those claims that 

21 arose under a qualifying contract before the date on which 

22 the Secretary extends the contract expiration date under 

23 subsection (a). 

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

25 the following definitions apply: 

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1 (1) ECONOMY-RELATED CONTRACT EXTEN2 SION.—The term ‘‘economy-related contract exten3 sion’’ means the addition of 3 years to the qualifying 

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

5 remove timber. 

6 (2) QUALIFYING CONTRACT.—The term ‘‘quali7 fying contract’’ means a contract, executed on or be8 fore December 31, 2008, for the sale of timber from 

9 lands administered by the Bureau of Land Manage10 ment— 

11 (A) for which there is unharvested volume 

12 remaining; 

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

14 the date of the enactment of this Act, the tim15 ber purchaser makes a written request to the 

16 Secretary for an economic related contract ex17 tension; and 

18 (C) that has not been terminated prior to 

19 the request for an economic related contract ex20 tension under subsection (a). 

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

22 the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di23 rector of the Bureau of Land Management. 

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

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1 tract for the sale of timber from lands administered 

2 by the Bureau of Land Management. 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to authorize 

the Secretary of the Interior to grant economy related 

contract extensions of certain timber contracts between 

the Secretary of the Interior and timber purchasers, and 

for other purposes.’’. 

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Union Calendar No. 231 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3759 

[Report No. 111–394] 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant 

poses. terior and timber purchasers, and for other purtimber contracts between the Secretary of the Ineconomy-related contract extensions of a certain 

JANUARY 12, 2010 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 

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