[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
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[S. 1910 Reported in Senate (RS)]
Calendar No. 477
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 1910
[Report No. 108-254]
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out an inventory and
management program for forests derived from public domain land.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 20, 2003
Mr. Wyden introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
April 26, 2004
Reported by Mr. Domenici, without amendment
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A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out an inventory and
management program for forests derived from public domain land.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FOREST INVENTORY AND MANAGEMENT.
Section 17 of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16
U.S.C. 2101 note; Public Law 95-313) is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 17. FOREST INVENTORY AND MANAGEMENT.
``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall carry out a program using
geospatial and information management technologies (including remote
sensing imaging and decision support systems) to inventory, monitor,
characterize, assess, and identify forest stands and potential forest
stands on--
``(1) units of the National Forest System derived from
public domain land; and
``(2) private forest land, with the consent of the owner of
the land.
``(b) Means.--The Secretary shall carry out the program through the
use of--
``(1) remote sensing technology of the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration and the United States Geological
Survey;
``(2) emerging geospatial capabilities in research
activities;
``(3) validating techniques, including coordination and
reconciliation with existing data through field verification,
using application demonstrations; and
``(4) integration of results into pilot operational
systems.
``(c) Issues To Be Addressed.--In carrying out the program, the
Secretary shall address issues including--
``(1) early detection, identification, and assessment of
environmental threats (including insect, disease, invasive
species, fire, acid deposition, and weather-related risks and
other episodic events);
``(2) loss or degradation of forests;
``(3) degradation of the quality forest stands caused by
inadequate forest regeneration practices;
``(4) quantification of carbon uptake rates;
``(5) management practices that focus on preventing further
forest degradation; and
``(6) characterization of vegetation types, density, fire
regimes, post-fire effects, and condition class.
``(d) Early Warning System.--In carrying out the program, the
Secretary shall develop a comprehensive early warning system for
potential catastrophic environmental threats to forests to increase the
likelihood that forest managers will be able to--
``(1) isolate and treat a threat before the threat gets out
of control; and
``(2) prevent epidemics, such as the American chestnut
blight in the first half of the twentieth century, that could
be environmentally and economically devastating to forests.
``(e) Administration.--To carry out this section, the Secretary
shall designate and maintain a facility in the Ochoco National Forest
headquarters in Prineville, Oregon, that will address the issues
described in subsection (c), with a particular emphasis on coniferous
forest stands in the Western United States.
``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.''.
Calendar No. 477
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 1910
[Report No. 108-254]
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A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out an inventory and
management program for forests derived from public domain land.
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April 26, 2004
Reported without amendment