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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. Res. 863 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 863
Designating October 12, 2024, as "National Loggers Day".
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 25, 2024
Ms. Baldwin (for herself and Ms. Collins) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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RESOLUTION
Designating October 12, 2024, as "National Loggers Day".
Whereas the logging industry has served as an economic driver and cultural tradition in the United States for centuries; Whereas the logging industry creates rural jobs and provides revenue for local and State governments and National forests; Whereas loggers provide renewable material for products used by people in the United States every day; Whereas loggers are the first link in the $300,000,000,000 domestic forest products supply chain; Whereas loggers are the means by which healthy forest management plans are accomplished; Whereas logging provides for healthy forests, which--
(1) create and maintain vital wildlife habitats;
(2) protect watersheds;
(3) provide young forests that sequester carbon for cleaner air;
(4) provide social wellbeing and public recreational opportunities; and
(5) reduce loss of life and property from wildfires; and
Whereas logging provides for healthy forests through regeneration and conservation, including by planting 2,500,000,000 trees annually: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate designates October 12, 2024, as "National Loggers Day".