SRES949Referred to Committee

A resolution designating October 12, 2026, as "National Loggers Day".

Share:
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2026-09-30
Introduced
1
Cosponsors
SRES
ⓘ
Type

Sponsor

Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
Democrat · WI · Senator
Votes with party: 85.2% (912 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/B001230

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (1)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S5274)

2026-09-30

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

Plain-English Summary

Plain-English summary pending. Introduced on 2026-09-30. Check back soon — summaries are generated as bills progress through Congress.

Subjects

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Full Bill Text

Verbatim text published on Congress.gov via GovInfo. Use Cmd+F / Ctrl+F to search within this excerpt.

[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>