I
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2295
To terminate the participation of the Forest Service in the Recreational
Fee Demonstration Program and to offset the revenues lost by such
termination by prohibiting the use of appropriated funds to finance
engineering support for sales of timber from National Forest System
lands.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 22, 1999
Mrs. CAPPS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned
A BILL
To terminate the participation of the Forest Service in the
Recreational Fee Demonstration Program and to offset
the revenues lost by such termination by prohibiting the
use of appropriated funds to finance engineering support
for sales of timber from National Forest System lands.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Forest Access Imme-
diate Relief Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF FOREST SERVICE RECREATIONAL
FEE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.
(a) TERMINATION.—On and after the effective date
of this section, the Secretary of Agriculture may not im-
pose or collect any fee under the authority of the Rec-
reational Fee Demonstration Program authorized by sec-
tion 315 of the Department of the Interior and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (as contained in sec-
tion 101(c) of Public Law 104–134; 16 U.S.C. 460l–6a
note). Amounts collected before that date shall continue
to be used by the Secretary in the manner provided in
that section.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 315 of the
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 1996 (as contained in section 101(c) of
Public Law 104–134; 16 U.S.C. 460l–6a note), is amend-
ed as follows:
(1) In subsection (a), by striking ‘‘and the Sec-
retary of Agriculture (acting through the Forest
Service) shall each’’ and inserting ‘‘shall’’.
(2) In subsection (b), by striking ‘‘appropriate
Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’.
(3) In subsection (e), by striking ‘‘and the Sec-
retary of Agriculture’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect October 1,
1999.
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON FOREST SERVICE PAYMENT OF
ENGINEERING SUPPORT FOR TIMBER SALES.
(a) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS.—
Funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the
Forest Service in appropriation Acts may not be used to
provide engineering support for the timber sales program
for National Forest System lands, including engineering
support to plan, oversee design, and administer road work
funded by timber purchasers.
(b) PAYMENT
BY TIMBER PURCHASERS.—In ap-
praising timber and setting a minimum bid for trees, por-
tions of trees, or forest products located on National For-
est System lands proposed for sale under section 14 of
the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C.
472a) or any other provision of law, the Secretary of Agri-
culture shall include an additional charge in an amount
sufficient to cover the annual costs incurred by the Forest
Service to provide engineering support for the timber sales
program.
(c) USE
OF PAYMENTS.—Amounts collected from
timber purchasers as required by subsection (b) shall be
available to the Secretary of Agriculture, without further