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PUBLIC LAW 98-478—OCT. 16, 1984
98 STAT. 2217
tion or nonprofit corporation, which is not controlled or owned by profitmaking corporations or business enterprises, and which is engaged in public or semipublic activity to further public health, safety, or welfare. SEC. 4. (a) Emergency stumpage rate redetermination shall be made upon the written application of the purchaser of National Forest timber in Alaska, bid after January 1, 1974, and rates established as a result thereof shall be effective for timber scaled during a period between January 1, 1981, and five years from the effective date of this legislation. (b) In making the emergency rate redeterminations the Secretary may modify existing contract terms, including the amount of the bid premium, in order to provide rates which will permit the holders of contracts bid after January 1, 1974, to be competitive with other purchasers of National Forest timber. (c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to contracts held by the holders of 50-year timber sale contracts in Alaska. Approved October 16, 1984.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2838: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 98-255, Pt. 1 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs) and Pt. 2 (Comm. on Agriculture). SENATE REPORT No. 98-596 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 129 (1983): Nov. 16, considered and passed House. Vol. 130 (1984): Sept. 26, considered and passed Senate, amended. Oct. 1, House concurred in Senate amendments. WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 20, No. 42 (1984): Oct. 16, Presidential statement.
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Alaska. 16 USC 619.
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