§620i — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of Commerce must study exports of unprocessed hardwood timber that were cut from Federal or public lands east of the 100th meridian during the two-year period starting January 1, 1991. To do that, exporters must add the State where the timber was grown to the usual Shipper’s Export Declaration information. The Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior must mark hardwood saw timber from Federal lands east of the 100th meridian so it stays identifiable and the marks are not removed before it is made into products. By April 1, 1993, the Secretary of Commerce must send a report to the Committees on Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate. The report must describe the volume and value of the exported timber from that two-year period, the countries it went to, and the State where it was grown and harvested.

Title 16, §620i

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(a)The Secretary of Commerce, in conjunction with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, shall conduct a study of the export from the United States, during the 2-year period beginning on January 1, 1991, of unprocessed hardwood timber harvested from Federal lands or public lands east of the 100th meridian. In order to carry out the provisions of this section—

(1)the Secretary of Commerce shall require each person exporting such timber from the United States to declare, in addition to the information normally required in the Shipper’s Export Declarations, the State in which the timber was grown and harvested; and

(2)the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior shall ensure that all hardwood saw timber harvested from Federal lands east of the 100th meridian is marked in such a manner as to make it readily identifiable at all times before its manufacture, and shall take such steps as each Secretary considers appropriate to ensure that such markings are not altered or destroyed before manufacturing.

(b)Not later than April 1, 1993, the Secretary of Commerce shall submit to the Committees on Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report describing the volume and value of unprocessed timber grown and harvested from Federal lands or public lands east of the 100th meridian that is exported from the United States during the 2-year period beginning on January 1, 1991, the country to which such timber is exported, and the State in which such timber was grown and harvested.

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1994—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Natural Resources” for “Interior and Insular Affairs”.

§620i Eastern Hardwoods Study

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Title 16, §620i

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