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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 economy- 
related contract extensions of a certain timber contracts 
between the Secretary of the Interior and timber pur-
chasers, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘BLM Contract Exten-
sion Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ECONOMY-RELATED CONTRACT EXTENSIONS. 
(a) REQUEST.—Not later than 30 days after a timber 
purchaser requests an economy-related contract extension 
of a qualifying contract between the Secretary of the Inte-
rior and the timber purchaser, the Secretary shall modify 
the qualifying contract to add 3 years to the contract expi-
ration date. 
(b) WAIVER OF CLAIMS AS OF EXTENSION.—The 
timber purchaser shall waive any and all claims it has 
against the United States involving the qualifying contract 
that exist on the date that the Secretary modifies the 
qualifying contract under subsection (a). 
(c) CLAIMS PRIOR TO DATE OF EXTENSION.—Noth-
ing in this Act shall affect any claim by the United States 
against any timber purchaser, including those claims that 
arose under a qualifying contract before the date on which 
the Secretary extends the contract expiration date under 
subsection (a). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section, 
the following definitions apply: 
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(1) ECONOMY-RELATED
CONTRACT
EXTEN-
SION.—The term ‘‘economy-related contract exten-
sion’’ means the addition of 3 years to the qualifying 
contract’s expiration date for the right to cut and 
remove timber. 
(2) QUALIFYING CONTRACT.—The term ‘‘quali-
fying contract’’ means a contract, executed on or be-
fore December 31, 2008, for the sale of timber from 
lands administered by the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment— 
(A) for which there is unharvested volume 
remaining; 
(B) for which, not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the tim-
ber purchaser makes a written request to the 
Secretary for an economic related contract ex-
tension; and 
(C) that has not been terminated prior to 
the request for an economic related contract ex-
tension under subsection (a). 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di-
rector of the Bureau of Land Management. 
(4) TIMBER
PURCHASER.—The term ‘‘timber 
purchaser’’ means the party to the qualifying con-
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tract for the sale of timber from lands administered 
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 
economy-related contract extensions of a certain 
timber contracts between the Secretary of the In-
terior and timber purchasers, and for other pur-
poses. 
JANUARY 12, 2010 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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