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1 enactment of this Act has differed from planning for, 



2 and management of, other national forests; and 



3 (2) change, in conformance with laws applicable 



4 to the National Forest System, planning and manage- 



5 ment priorities regarding the Tongass National Forest 



6 so as to assure that greater emphasis is given to the 



7 long-term best interests of the commercial fishing, 



8 recreation, and tourism industries, subsistence commu- 



9 nities in southeast Alaska, and the national interest in 



10 the fish and wildlife and other natural resources of the 



1 1 Tongass National Forest. 



12 (c) Directive. — The Secretary of Agriculture is au- 



13 thorized and directed to take such steps as are necessary in 



14 current management practices and in revisions of the Ton- 



15 gass land management plan to achieve the purposes described 



16 in subsection (b). 



17 (d) Old-Growth Forest Management. — In devel- 



18 oping the land management plan for the Tongass National 



19 Forest pursuant to section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland 



20 Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, the Secretary 



21 shall — 



22 (1) provide for sustained production of old-growth 



23 forest resources within the Tongass National Forest; 



24 and 



