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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 



2 This Act may be cited as the "Environmental Im- 



3 provement Timber Contract Extension Act of 1996". 



4 SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF LONG-TERM CONTRACT RE- 



5 CARDING TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST. 



6 Title III of the Tongass Timber Reform Act (Public 



7 Law 101-626; 104 Stat. 4430) is amended by adding at 



8 the end the following new section: 



9 "SEC. 302. 1996 CONTRACT MODIFICATIONS. 



10 "(a) Definitions. — In this section: 



11 "(1) The term 'board feet' means net scribner 



12 long-log scale for all sawlogs and all hemlock and 



13 spruce utility grade logs. 



14 "(2) The term 'contract' means the timber sale 



15 contract numbered AlOfs-1042 between the United 



16 States and the Ketchikan Pulp Company. 



17 "(3) The term 'contracting officer' means the 



18 Regional Forester of Region 10 of the United States 



19 Forest Service. 



20 "(4) The term 'mid-market criteria' means an 



21 appraisal that ensures an average timber operator 



22 will have a weighted average profit and risk margin 



23 of at least 60 percent of normal in a mid-market sit- 



24 nation, representative of the most recent 10 years of 



25 actual market data. 



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