[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 432 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 432
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of
Agriculture to conduct and support research into alternative treatments
for timber produced from public lands and lands withdrawn from the
public domain for the National Forest System, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 24, 2003
Mr. Craig introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
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A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of
Agriculture to conduct and support research into alternative treatments
for timber produced from public lands and lands withdrawn from the
public domain for the National Forest System, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Public Lands Production Research Act
of 2003''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act:
(1) The term ``public lands'' has the meaning given such
term in section 103(e) of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1702(e)).
(2) The term ``National Forest System'' has the meaning
given such term in section 11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland
Renewable Resources Planning Act (16 U.S.C. 1609(a)).
(3) The term ``Secretaries'' means the Secretary of
Agriculture acting through the Chief of the Forest Service and
the Secretary of the Interior acting through the Director of
the Bureau of Land Management.
SEC. 3. RESEARCH PROGRAM.
The Secretaries shall consult and develop a program of research
into alternative treatments for timber and timber products produced
from public lands and other federal lands withdrawn from the public
domain for the National Forest System, including the use of silver-
based biocides using silver produced from patented and unpatented
federal lands. The program may be implemented through contracts with
public or private laboratories or research institutes with experience
in the treatment of such products.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary
to carry out this Act.
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