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REPORTS ON FIBER POTENTIAL, WOOD UTILIZATION BY 

 MILLS, WOOD WASTES AND WOOD PRODUCT RECYCLING 



Sec. 3. Section 3 of the Forest and Rangeland 

 Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, as 

 redesignated by section 2 of this Act, Is amended 

 by adding at the end thereof a new subsection (c) 

 as follows : 



"(c) The Secretary shall report in the 1979 and 

 subsequent Assessments on : 



"(1) the additional fiber potential in the 

 National Forest System Including, but not re- 

 stricted to, forest mortality, growth, salvage 

 potential, potential increased forest products 

 sales, economic consraints, alternate markets, 

 contract considerations, and other multiple use 

 considerations; 



"(2) the potential for increased utilization of 

 forest and wood product wastes in the National 

 Forest System and on other lands, and of urban 

 wood wastes and wood product recycling, in- 

 cluding recommendations to the Congress for 

 actions which would lead to increased .utiliza- 

 tion of material now being wasted both in the 

 forests and in manufactured products; and 



"(3) the milling and other wood fiber product 

 fabrication facilities and their location in the 

 United States, noting the public and private 

 forested areas that supply such facilities, assess- 

 ing the degree of utilization into product form 

 of harvested trees by such facilities, and setting 

 forth the technology appropriate to the facil- 

 ities to Improve utilization either individually or 

 In aggregate units of harvested trees and to re- 

 duce wasted wood fibers. The Secretary shall 

 set forth a program to encourage the adoption 

 by these facilities of these technologies for im- 

 proving wood fiber utilization. 

 "(d) In developing the reports required under 

 subsection (c) of this section, the Secretary shall 

 provide opportimlty for public involvement and 

 shall consult with other interested governmental 

 departments and agencies.". 



REFORESTATION 



Sec 4. Section 3 of the Forest and Rangeland 

 Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, as re- 

 designated by section 2 of this Act, is amended by 

 adding at the end thereof new subsections (d) and 

 (e) as follows: 



"(d) (1) It is the policy of the Congress that all 

 forested lands in the National Forest System shall 

 be maintained In appropriate forest cover with 

 species of trees, degree of stocking, rate of growth, 

 and conditions of stand designed to secure the 

 maximum benefits of multiple use sustained yield 

 management in accordance with land manage- 

 ment plans. Accordingly, the Secretary Is directed 

 to Identify and report to the Congress annually at 

 the time of submission of the President's budget 

 together with the annual report provided for under 

 section 8(c) of this Act, begrlnning with submission 

 of the President's budget for fiscal _year 1978, the 

 amount and location by forests, and States and 



by productivity class, where practicable, of all 

 lands in the National Forest System where objec- 

 tives of land management plans indicate the need 

 to reforest areas that have been cut-over or 

 otherwise denuded or deforested, and all lands 

 with stands of trees that are not growing at their 

 best i>otential rate of growth. All national forest 

 lands treated from year to year shall be examined 

 after the first and third growing seasons and 

 certified by the Secretary in the report provided 

 for under this subsection as to stocking rate, 

 growth rate in relation to potential and other 

 pertinent measures. Any lands not certified as sat- 

 isfactory shall be returned to the backlog and 

 scheduled for prompt treatment. The level and 

 types of treatment shall be those which secure the 

 most effective mix of multiple use benefits. 



"(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 9 

 of this Act, the Secretary shall annually for eight 

 years following the enactment of this subsection, 

 transmit to the Congress in the manner provided 

 in this subsection an estimate of the sums neces- 

 sary to be appropriated, in addition to the funds 

 available from other sources, to replant and other- 

 wise treat an acreage equal to the acreage to be 

 cut over that year, plus a sufficient portion of the 

 backlog of lands found to be in need of treatment 

 to eliminate the backlog within the eight-year 

 period. After such eight-year period, the Secretary 

 shall transmit annually to the Congress an esti- 

 mate of the sums necessary to replant and other- 

 wise treat all lands being cut over and maintain 

 planed timber production on all other forested 

 lands in the National Forest Systems so as to pre- 

 vent the development of a backlog of needed work 

 larger than the needed work at the beginning of 

 the fiscal year. The Secretary's estimate of sums 

 necessary, in addition to the sums available under 

 other authorities, for accomplishment of the re- 

 forestation and other treatment of National Forest 

 System lands under this section shall be provided 

 annually for inclusion in the President's budget 

 and shall also be transmitted to the Speaker of the 

 House and the President of the Senate together 

 with the annual report provided for under section 

 8(c) of this Act at the time of submission of the 

 President's budget to the Congress beginning with 

 the budget for fiscal year 1978. The sums estimated 

 as necessary for reforestation and other treat- 

 ment shall include moneys needed to secure seed, 

 grow seedlings, prepare sites, plant trees, thin, 

 remove deleterious growth and imderbush, build 

 fence to exclude livestock and adverse wildlife from 

 regeneration areas and otherwise establish and 

 improve growing forests to secure planned pro- 

 duction of trees and other multiple use values. 



"(3) Effective for the fiscal year beginning Octo- 

 ber 1, 1977, and each fiscal year thereafter, there is 

 hereby authorized to be appropriated for the pur- 

 pose of reforesting and treating lands in the Na- 

 tional Forest System $200,000,000 annually to meet 

 requirements of this subsection (d). All sums 

 appropriated for the purposes of this subsection 

 shall be available until expended. 



