Recognizes the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture for 100 years of dedicated service and caring for U.S. forest lands.
Acknowledges the promise of the Forest Service to continue to care for the natural legacy of the United States.
Encourages the Forest Service to efficiently deliver multiple-use benefits.
[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 185 Introduced in House (IH)]
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. CON. RES. 185
Recognizing the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture for 100
years of dedicated service and caring for the forest lands of the
United States.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 22, 2005
Mr. Goodlatte (for himself, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Walden of
Oregon, Mr. Gutknecht, and Mr. Jenkins) submitted the following
concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on
Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, for a
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned
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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Recognizing the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture for 100
years of dedicated service and caring for the forest lands of the
United States.
Whereas Congress established the Forest Service in 1905 to manage certain
forested lands in Federal ownership, now known as the National Forest
System, to provide quality water and timber for the benefit of the
United States;
Whereas the mission of the Forest Service has been expanded by Congress to
provide for additional multiple-use benefits of the National Forest
System, including sustained yield of renewable resources such as water,
forage, wildlife, wood, and recreation;
Whereas the National Forest System currently encompasses 191,000,000 acres,
which are managed as 155 national forests and 20 grasslands in 44
States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands;
Whereas the Forest Service also plays key roles in supporting forestry research,
including research that promotes efficient and innovative uses for wood
and wood fiber;
Whereas the Forest Service works with and through State, Tribal, and local
governments to provide assistance to private forest landowners; and
Whereas Gifford Pinchot, the first Chief of the Forest Service, fostered the
idea that ``where conflicting interests must be reconciled, the question
will always be decided from the standpoint of the greatest good of the
greatest number in the long run'': Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),
That Congress--
(1) recognizes the Forest Service of the Department of
Agriculture for 100 years of dedicated service and caring for
the forest lands of the United States;
(2) acknowledges the promise of the Forest Service to
continue to care for the natural legacy of the United States;
and
(3) encourages the Forest Service to deliver multiple-use
benefits efficiently as the agency enters its second century.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
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