[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. Res. 863 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 863 Designating October 12, 2024, as ``National Loggers Day''. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 25, 2024 Ms. Baldwin (for herself and Ms. Collins) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ RESOLUTION Designating October 12, 2024, as ``National Loggers Day''. Whereas the logging industry has served as an economic driver and cultural tradition in the United States for centuries; Whereas the logging industry creates rural jobs and provides revenue for local and State governments and National forests; Whereas loggers provide renewable material for products used by people in the United States every day; Whereas loggers are the first link in the $300,000,000,000 domestic forest products supply chain; Whereas loggers are the means by which healthy forest management plans are accomplished; Whereas logging provides for healthy forests, which-- (1) create and maintain vital wildlife habitats; (2) protect watersheds; (3) provide young forests that sequester carbon for cleaner air; (4) provide social wellbeing and public recreational opportunities; and (5) reduce loss of life and property from wildfires; and Whereas logging provides for healthy forests through regeneration and conservation, including by planting 2,500,000,000 trees annually: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate designates October 12, 2024, as ``National Loggers Day''. <all>