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Proc 10479ProclamationBiden · DCeremonial

Proclamation 10479

National Forest Products Week, 2022

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In simple terms

This proclamation designates October 16-22, 2022 as National Forest Products Week, a ceremonial observance established by Congress in 1960. The text celebrates forests' economic and environmental contributions and highlights Biden Administration forest policies, but issues no binding directives, mandates, or substantive policy changes.

Federal Register Open PDF 87 FR 63397

Record & deadlines

  1. Signed

    Signed by the President

  2. FR published

    Published in the Federal Register · 87 FR 63397

    Federal Register PDF

  3. National Forest Products Week begins

Key directives

No discrete directives extracted.

What to expect

Immediate

  • ceremonial observance period October 16-22, 2022

Near term (90d)

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Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • Text references prior policy actions (Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Inflation Reduction Act, an unspecified EO on forests, Antiquities Act proclamations) but these are descriptive, not operative here
  • No concrete obligations or agency directives in the proclamation itself
  • Mention of 'America the Beautiful' 30x30 goal by 2030 is aspirational, not a deadline created by this document
Proclamation 10479: National Forest Products Week, 2022 · Executive Orders