A resolution designating October 12, 2023, as "National Loggers Day".

Bill: 118-sres-387
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2023-09-29
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Latest action: action_date: 2023-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S4828)

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-09-29
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This resolution&nbsp;designates October 12, 2023, as National Loggers Day.</p>

tv_txt: III 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. RES. 387 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 29 (legislative day, September 22), 2023 Ms. Baldwin (for herself, Ms. Collins , and Mr. King ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary RESOLUTION Designating October 12, 2023, as National Loggers Day .

Whereas the logging industry has served as an economic driver and cultural tradition in the United States for centuries; Whereas the logging industry creates rural jobs and provides revenue for local and State governments and National forests; Whereas loggers provide renewable material for products used by people in the United States every day; Whereas loggers are the first link in the $300,000,000,000 domestic forest products supply chain; Whereas loggers are the means by which healthy forest management plans are accomplished; Whereas logging provides for healthy forests, which— (1) maintain vital animal habitats; (2) protect watersheds; (3) sequester carbon; (4) provide public recreational opportunities; and (5) reduce loss of life and property from wildfires; and Whereas logging provides for healthy forests through regeneration, including by planting 2,500,000,000 trees annually: Now, therefore, be it

That the Senate— (1) designates October 12, 2023, as National Loggers Day ; and (2) encourages the President to officially designate October 12th as National Loggers Day .