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STATEMENT BY THE HONORABLE J. BENNETT JOHNSTON 



This Committee has been involved with the 

 Tongass National Forest for many years. Debate 

 over Alaska Statehood, the Alaska Native Claims 

 Settlement Act, the Alaska National Interests Lands 

 Conservation Act, (ANILCA) , and more recently 

 budget reconciliation have all considered issues 

 directly affecting the management of the Tongass. 



Last Congress, during consideration of budget 

 reconciliation, the Energy and Natural Resources 

 Committee included an amendment to ANILCA, which 

 made the $40,000,000 Tongass Timber Supply Fund 

 subject to the regular appropriations process for 

 FY 198 8 and FY 1989. The ANILCA amendment was 

 eventually enacted as part of the reconciliation 

 measure. At the end of FY 1989, the Tongass Timber 

 Supply Fund will return to being a direct 

 appropriation of at least $40 million. 



