REVIEW OF PROPOSED REGULATIONS BY 

 THE ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPEC- 

 TION SERVICE (APHIS) TO ESTABLISH PRO- 

 HIBITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS CONCERN- 

 ING IMPORTED NONMANUFACTURED WOOD 

 ARTICLES 



WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1994 



House of Representatives, 



Committee on Agriculture, 

 Subcommittee on Specialty Crops 



AND Natural Resources, 



Washington, DC. 



The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10:15 a.m., in Room 

 1300, Longworth House Office Building, Hon. Charlie Rose (chair- 

 man of the subcommittee) presiding. 



Present: Representatives Baesler, Condit, Clayton, Thurman, 

 Inslee, Pomeroy, Stenholm, Peterson, Volkmer, Doolittle, and 

 Kingston. 



Also Present: Representatives Smith of Oregon and DeFazio. 



Staff Present: Glenda L. Temple, Hearing Clerk. 



OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. CHARLIE ROSE, A REP- 

 RESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF NORTH 

 CAROLINA 



Mr. Rose. The hearing will please come to order. 



Our first witness is the Honorable Peter DeFazio, Members of 

 Congress from Oregon. 



We are here to review proposed regulations by the Animal and 

 Plant Health Inspection Service to establish prohibitions and re- 

 strictions concerning imported nonmanufactured wood articles. 



Mr. DeFazio, please proceed. 



[The prepared statement of Mr. Rose follows:] 



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