SRES949Referred to Committee
A resolution designating October 12, 2026, as "National Loggers Day".
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2026-09-30
Introduced
1
Cosponsors
SRES
ⓘType
Sponsor
Tammy Baldwin
Democrat · WI · Senator
Votes with party: 85.2% (912 recorded votes)
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Cosponsors (1)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
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Committee Activity
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- Senate Committee on the JudiciaryReferred To · 2026-10-01
Plain-English Summary
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Subjects
Public Lands and Natural Resources
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. Res. 949 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 949 Designating October 12, 2026, as ``National Loggers Day''. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 30, 2026 Ms. Baldwin (for herself and Ms. Collins) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ RESOLUTION Designating October 12, 2026, 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 $288,000,000 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; Whereas logging provides for healthy forests through regeneration and conservation, including by planting 2,500,000,000 trees annually; and Whereas innovative clean energy solutions and clean energy jobs are part of the energy future of the United States: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate designates October 12, 2026, as ``National Loggers Day''. <all>
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