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The Energy Committee amendment changed only 

 the direct spending provision of ANILCA. 

 Discussion on the amendment crntered on budget 

 savings the Committee would receive as scored by 

 CBO, not the merits of the Timber Supply Fund or 

 harvesting timber on the forest. Report language 

 accompanying the reconciliation bills stated 

 clearly that the Committee amendment "does not 

 constitute an expression by the Committee for or 

 against legislation concerning Section 705 of 

 ANILCA." 



I supported the Committee's amendment to 

 ANILCA because of its budget savings, but have 

 refrained from taking any position on more 

 expansive reform legislation until I have had the 

 opportunity to fully consider the issues involved. 

 I have also pledged that the full Committee will 

 not take up Tongass reform legislation until after 

 the Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks 



