Tongass Timber Management Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Tongass Timber Management Act - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to amend United States Forest Service long-term timber contracts in Alaska to: (1) ensure that management practices in the Tongass National Forest comply with Federal environmental and forest laws; (2) promote fair competition within the timber industry in southeast Alaska; (3) provide for a fair financial return to the United States; (4) prevent excessive harvesting of timber; (5) enhance the protection of fish and wildlife resources and habitats in such Forest; and (6) provide that operating periods are integrated with planning periods under the revised Tongass Land Management Plan. Requires the Secretary to assess the extent to which the planning and management of such Forest has differed from the planning and management of other national forests. Repeals a provision authorizing an annual appropriation for the maintenance of the timber supply from such Forest. Repeals a provision in order to require the Secretary of Agriculture to identify lands unsuitable for timber production in the development of land management plans for the Tongass National Forest timber utilization program. Requires that the Secretary's …