2011 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 4 - PROTECTION OF TIMBER, AND DEPREDATIONS (§§ 591 - 620j)
Section 617 - Exportation of unprocessed timber from Federal lands
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 16 - CONSERVATION |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 4 - PROTECTION OF TIMBER, AND DEPREDATIONS Sec. 617 - Exportation of unprocessed timber from Federal lands |
| Contains | section 617 |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Apr. 12, 1926, ch. 117, §2, as added Pub. L. 90-554, pt. IV, §401, Oct. 8, 1968, 82 Stat. 966; amended Pub. L. 91-609, title IX, §921, Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1817. |
| Statutes at Large References | 82 Stat. 966 84 Stat. 1817 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 90-554, Public Law 91-609 |
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For each of the calendar years 1969 through 1973, inclusive, not more than 350 million board feet, in the aggregate, of unprocessed timber may be sold for export from the United States from Federal lands located west of the 100th meridian.
(b) Surplus quantities and species available for export; public hearing; administrative findingAfter public hearing and a finding by the appropriate Secretary of the department administering Federal lands referred to in subsection (a) of this section that specific quantities and species of unprocessed timber are surplus to the needs of domestic users and processors, such quantities and species may be designated by the said Secretary as available for export from the United States in addition to that quantity stated in subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Rules and regulations; prevention of substitution of Federal for non-Federal timberThe Secretaries of the departments administering lands referred to in subsection (a) of this section may issue rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this section, including the prevention of substitution of timber restricted from export by this section for exported non-Federal timber.
(d) Limitations inapplicable to sales of prescribed minimum valueIn issuing rules and regulations pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, the appropriate Secretaries may include therein provisions authorizing the said Secretaries, in their discretion, to exclude from the limitations imposed by this section sales having an appraised value of less than $2,000.
(Apr. 12, 1926, ch. 117, §2, as added Pub. L. 90–554, pt. IV, §401, Oct. 8, 1968, 82 Stat. 966; amended Pub. L. 91–609, title IX, §921, Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1817.)
Amendments1970—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 91–609 extended date for application of limitation provision from 1971 to 1973 calendar year.
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