Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§616 Exportation of Timber Cut on National Forest or Public Land in Alaska
Title 16 › Chapter 4— PROTECTION OF TIMBER, AND DEPREDATIONS › § 616
Summary
Legally cut timber from national forests or Alaska public lands can be exported from the state or territory where it grew if the responsible Secretary finds the local timber supply won’t be harmed; the Secretaries may set rules to carry this out.
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Title 16, §616
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Timber lawfully cut on any national forest, or on the public lands in Alaska, may be exported from the State or Territory where grown if, in the judgment of the Secretary of the department administering the national forests, or the public lands in Alaska, the supply of timber for local use will not be endangered thereby, and the respective Secretaries concerned are authorized to issue rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this section.
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Admission of Alaska as StateAdmission of Alaska into the Union was accomplished Jan. 3, 1959, on issuance of Proc. No. 3269, Jan. 3, 1959, 24 F.R. 81, 73 Stat. c16, as required by section 1 and 8(c) of Pub. L. 85–508, July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 339, set out as notes preceding section 21 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
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16 U.S.C. § 616
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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