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Sherwood Boehlert: this amendment says that no roads could be built if doing so would violate any law or policy in effect or proposed on…

On the recordMarch 27, 1998
this amendment says that no roads could be built if doing so would violate any law or policy in effect or proposed on the date of enactment. This complex language boils down to one thing. The amendment's language will prevent this bill from being used to build roads in roadless areas. It is that basic. Let me repeat. This amendment will prevent this bill from being used to build roads in roadless areas. As I already said and many others have repeated, no roads are needed for forest health. Let us not be misled. This amendment applies only to road construction under this bill, not to other Forest Service programs.
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Sherwood Boehlert
New York

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Discussing an amendment related to road construction in roadless areas during a legislative debate.

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