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X04th CONGRESS 



2d Session rd. • X^ • 



IN THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 



A BILL 



Tills Is a bill authorizing the Secretary o£ Agriculture 



("Secretary") to eliminate all of a timber purchaser's 

 pending or potential timber sale contract claims against the 

 Forest Service in exchange for fully retiring a timber 

 purchaser's obligation as a government guaranteed loan. 



SECTION 1. SHORT TITLI. 



This Act shall be cited as the "Timber Sale Contract 

 Damage Elimination Act." 

 SECTION 2. FINDINGS- -Congress finds the following; 



(a) Federal timber purchasers have been unaible to log 

 timber sales sold by the Secretary because of government delays 

 and changing environmental standards. 



