FINAL BILL REPORT

EHJM 4001

                    As Passed Legislature

Brief Description:  Requesting a Northwest forest summit.

By Representatives Kessler, Jones, Riley, Basich, Kremen, R. Meyers, Sheldon, Holm, Johanson, Finkbeiner, Campbell, Linville, Jacobsen, Quall, Chappell, Rayburn, Leonard, Fuhrman, Cothern, Long, Brumsickle, Thibaudeau, Springer, Miller, Morton, Wood, Ogden, Morris and Locke.

House Committee on Natural Resources & Parks

Background:  During the 1992 Presidential election campaign, then-candidate Bill Clinton proposed holding a "forest summit" in the Pacific Northwest as a way to obtain long-term solutions to the ongoing conflicts between fish and wildlife protection and timber harvesting.

Summary:  The President of the United States, the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and the members of the Senate and House are requested to pursue, with all due speed, the holding of a Northwest forest summit, with the overall goal of seeking long-term solutions to conflicts between fish and wildlife protection and timber harvesting.  Furthermore, they are requested to solicit the opinions of Washington State officials in making important decisions about the conduct of the summit, to adopt specified guiding principles for the conducting of the summit, and to include specified subjects in the summit. 

Votes on Final Passage:

House  98 0

Senate 48 0