The following bills were recently introduced in Congress.

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HR 353

SPONSOR: Rep. John J. Duncan (R-TN)

LAST ACTION: 01/27/2003- Referred to House Committee on Resources

CAPTION: A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to dispose of all public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management that have been identified for disposal under the Federal land use planning process.

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HR 379

SPONSOR: Rep. George P. Radanovich (R-CA)

LAST ACTION: 01/27/2003- Referred to House Committee on Resources

CAPTION: A bill to facilitate a Forest Service land exchange that will eliminate a private in-holding in the Sierra National Forest in the state of California and provide for the permanent enjoyment by the Boy Scouts of America of a parcel of National Forest System land currently used under a special use permit, and for other purposes.

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HR 380

SPONSOR: Rep. George P. Radanovich (R-CA)

LAST ACTION: 01/27/2003- Referred to House Committee on Resources

CAPTION: A bill to provide full funding for the payment in lieu of taxes (PILT) program for the next five fiscal years, to protect local jurisdictions against the loss of property tax revenues when private lands are acquired by a Federal land management agency, and for other purposes.

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HR 387

SPONSOR: Rep. John B. Shadegg (R-AZ)

LAST ACTION: 01/27/2003- Referred to House Committee on Resources

CAPTION: A bill to authorize the Regional Foresters to exempt tree-thinning projects, which are necessary to prevent the occurrence of wildfire likely to cause extreme harm to the forest ecosystem, from laws that give rise to legal causes of action that delay or prevent such projects.