Statement of Administration Policy: H.R. 3299 - Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989/Tongass Timber Contract Provision

(House)

The Tongass Timber Contract Provisions would, among other things, cancel existing long-term timber sale contracts, thereby potentially requiring compensation for the taking of contract holders' rights.

The Secretary of Agriculture has advised Congress — in a letter to the House Budget Committee, and in a Statement of Administration Policy on H.R. 987 — that he would recommend the veto of that bill if it contained the "contract termination" provision.

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9/29/89 - 11:35 A.M.