2014 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation (Sections 1 - 7304)
Chapter 4 - Protection of Timber, and Depredations (Sections 591 - 620j)
Sec. 620a - Restrictions on exports of unprocessed timber originating from Federal lands
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, 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. 620a - Restrictions on exports of unprocessed timber originating from Federal lands |
| Contains | section 620a |
| Date | 2014 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 101-382, title IV, §489, Aug. 20, 1990, 104 Stat. 715. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 104 Stat. 715 |
| Public and Private Law | Public Law 101-382 |
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No person who acquires unprocessed timber originating from Federal lands west of the 100th meridian in the contiguous 48 States may export such timber from the United States, or sell, trade, exchange, or otherwise convey such timber to any other person for the purpose of exporting such timber from the United States, unless such timber has been determined under subsection (b) of this section to be surplus to the needs of timber manufacturing facilities in the United States.
(b) Surpluses(1) Determinations by Secretary concernedThe prohibition contained in subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to specific quantities of grades and species of unprocessed timber originating from Federal lands which the Secretary concerned determines to be surplus to domestic manufacturing needs.
(2) ProceduresAny determination under paragraph (1) shall be made in regulations issued in accordance with section 553 of title 5. Any such determination shall be reviewed at least once in every 3-year period. The Secretary concerned shall publish notice of such review in the Federal Register, and shall give the public an opportunity to comment on such review.
(Pub. L. 101–382, title IV, §489, Aug. 20, 1990, 104 Stat. 715.)
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