§620i Eastern Hardwoods Study

Summary

The Secretary of Commerce, working with the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior, must study exports of unprocessed hardwood timber that was harvested from Federal or public lands east of the 100th meridian during the two-year period that began on January 1, 1991. People exporting that timber must say the State where the wood was grown and cut, in addition to the usual export paperwork. The Agriculture and Interior Secretaries must mark hardwood saw timber from those Federal lands so it can be identified and must take steps to keep those marks from being changed or removed before the wood is made into products. By April 1, 1993, the Secretary of Commerce must send Congress a report showing the volume and value of the exported timber for that two-year period, the countries it was sent to, and the States where it was grown and harvested.