Home Heating Assistance Act - Directs, for the one year period beginning upon enactment of this Act, forest officers designated by the supervisor of a unit of the National Forest System (NFS) to grant individuals the free collection and removal of dead timber from designated NFS lands to be used as firewood. Limits the total value of the timber collected by an individual to $1,000.
[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4251 Introduced in House (IH)]
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4251
To help relieve the shortage in the supply of firewood for home heating
use by making additional quantities of free firewood available to
individuals from National Forest System lands.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 8, 2005
Mr. Pombo (for himself, Mr. Ford, Mr. Kind, Mr. Peterson of
Pennsylvania, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Case, and Mr. Bass) introduced the
following bill; 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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A BILL
To help relieve the shortage in the supply of firewood for home heating
use by making additional quantities of free firewood available to
individuals from National Forest System lands.
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 ``Home Heating Assistance Act''.
SEC. 2. TEMPORARY AVAILABILITY OF ADDITIONAL QUANTITIES OF FREE
FIREWOOD FROM DEAD TREES ON NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS.
(a) Availability of Free Firewood.--Notwithstanding section 223.8
of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, during the one year period
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, forest officers
designated by the supervisor of a unit of the National Forest System
shall grant individuals the free collection and removal of dead timber
from designated National Forest System lands to be used as firewood.
(b) Value of Timber.--The total value of the timber collected by an
individual using the authority provided by this section may not exceed
$1,000.
(c) Relation to Other Laws.--Except as provided in subsections (a)
and (b), the collection of firewood using the authority provided by
this section shall be subject to all other applicable rules of the
Forest Service.
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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 Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
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