H.R.6682: To allow the State of Alaska to fulfill a portion of its remaining Statehood land entitlement by selecting certain lands from within the Tongass National Forest and for those lands to be managed and operated by the Department of Natural Resources of the State as State Timber Management Areas and for other purposes under the laws of the State, and for other purposes.

To allow the State of Alaska to fulfill a portion of its remaining Statehood land entitlement by selecting certain lands from within the Tongass National Forest and for those lands to be managed and operated by the Department of Natural Resources of the State as State Timber Management Areas and for other purposes under the laws of the State, and for other purposes. 7/30/2008--Introduced. Alaska Timber Management Areas for Education Land Selection Act - Requires, if the state of Alaska elects to select and acquire from within the Tongass National Forest specified lands in order to fulfill a portion of Alaska's remaining statehood entitlement to certain public lands within the National Forest System, conveying to the state the selected lands. Requires the election to be in the form of a bill approved by the state legislature and signed by the governor that contains specified requirements, including that: (1) up to 50% of the annual harvest of timber in state timber management [...]

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