A resolution designating October 12, 2024, as "National Loggers Day".

Bill: 118-sres-863
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2024-09-25
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Latest action: action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S6451)

Summaries:
action_date: 2024-09-25
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This resolution designates October 12, 2024, as National Loggers Day.</p>

tv_txt: III 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 863 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 25, 2024 Ms. Baldwin (for herself and Ms. Collins ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary RESOLUTION Designating October 12, 2024, 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) create and maintain vital wildlife habitats; (2) protect watersheds; (3) provide young forests that sequester carbon for cleaner air; (4) provide social wellbeing and public recreational opportunities; and (5) reduce loss of life and property from wildfires; and Whereas logging provides for healthy forests through regeneration and conservation, including by planting 2,500,000,000 trees annually: Now, therefore, be it

That the Senate designates October 12, 2024, as National Loggers Day .