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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—
maintain vital animal habitats;
protect watersheds;
sequester carbon;
provide public recreational opportunities; and
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—
designates October 12, 2023, as National Loggers Day
; and
encourages the President to officially designate October 12th as National Loggers Day
.