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SJM106.....................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
CANADIAN LUMBER - IMPORTS - Stating findings of the Legislature and
requesting that President Bush direct the Office of the U.S. Trade
Representative and the Secretary of Commerce to make the problem of
subsidized Canadian lumber imports a top priority, to take every possible
action to end Canadian lumber subsidy practices; and if Canada will not
reach an agreement regarding the ending of subsidies, asking for
enforcement of the trade laws against subsidized and dumped imports and for
the exploration of all options to stop unfairly traded imports to limit
injury to the U.S. timber industry.
03/13 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/14 Rpt prt - to 10th Ord
03/15 ADOPTED - voice vote
Title apvd - to House
03/19 House intro - 1st rdg - to Res/Con
03/26 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/28 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/29 3rd rdg - ADOPTED - 67-0-3
AYES -- Barraclough, Barrett, Bedke, Bell, Bieter, Black, Boe, Bolz,
Bradford, Bruneel, Callister, Chase, Clark, Collins, Cuddy, Deal,
Denney, Ellis, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner,
Gould, Hadley, Hammond, Hansen, Harwood, Henbest(Farley), Higgins,
Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Kellogg, Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Langford,
Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer, Mortensen, Moss, Moyle,
Pearce, Pischner, Pomeroy, Raybould, Ridinger, Roberts, Robison,
Sali, Schaefer, Sellman, Shepherd, Smith, Smylie, Stevenson, Stone,
Tilman, Trail, Wheeler, Wood, Young(Young), Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Campbell, Crow, Montgomery
Floor Sponsor -- Cuddy
Title apvd - to Senate
To enrol
03/30 Rpt enrol - Pres signed - Sp signed
To Secretary of State
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session - 2001
IN THE SENATE
SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 106
BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
1 A JOINT MEMORIAL
2 TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF
3 THE UNITED STATES IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, AND TO THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGA-
4 TION REPRESENTING THE STATE OF IDAHO IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
5 We, your Memorialists, the Senate and the House of Representatives of the
6 State of Idaho assembled in the First Regular Session of the Fifty-sixth Idaho
7 Legislature, do hereby respectfully represent that:
8 WHEREAS, the Softwood Lumber Agreement entered into by the United States
9 and Canada in 1996 will expire in March 2001; and
10 WHEREAS, this agreement was crafted because the provinces of Canada, which
11 own most Canadian timber, sell at prices that can be set below market value;
12 and
13 WHEREAS, these practices have fueled shipments to the United States to the
14 point that subsidized Canadian imports are at record levels and now control
15 over one-third of the U.S. softwood lumber market; and
16 WHEREAS, subsidized Canadian lumber imports have gained sales volume from
17 United States lumber companies, depressed timber values in the United States,
18 jeopardized thousands of jobs in this country, driven down the taxable value
19 of forest land and further undermined the stability of already endangered tim-
20 ber communities.
21 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the First Regular Session
22 of the Fifty-sixth Idaho Legislature, the Senate and the House of Representa-
23 tives concurring therein, that we respectfully request that President Bush
24 direct the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and the Secretary of Com-
25 merce to make the problem of subsidized Canadian lumber imports a top prior-
26 ity, to take every possible action to end Canadian lumber subsidy practices
27 through open and competitive sales of timber and logs in Canada for fair mar-
28 ket value, or if Canada will not agree to end the subsidies immediately, the
29 subsidies must be offset pending reform; and if Canada will not reach an
30 agreement, to enforce vigorously, promptly and fully the trade laws against
31 subsidized and dumped imports and explore all options to stop unfairly traded
32 imports, to limit injury to the United States timber industry pending further
33 action.
34 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate be, and she is
35 hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this Memorial to President
36 George W. Bush, to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
37 Representatives of Congress, and the congressional delegation representing the
38 State of Idaho in the Congress of the United States.