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16 U.S.C. § 617 — Exportation of unprocessed timber from Federal lands

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16 U.S.C. § 617 — Exportation of unprocessed timber from Federal lands

**(a) Limitation of quantity available for export** 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 finding** After public hearing and a finding by the appropriate Secretary of the department administering Federal lands referred to in subsection (a) 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). **(c) Rules and regulations; prevention of substitution of Federal for non-Federal timber** The Secretaries of the departments administering lands referred to in subsection (a) 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 value** In issuing rules and regulations pursuant to subsection (c), 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.

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**(a) Limitation of quantity available for export** 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 finding** After public hearing and a finding by the appropriate Secretary of the department administering Federal lands referred to in subsection (a) 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). **(c) Rules and regulations; prevention of substitution of Federal for non-Federal timber** The Secretaries of the departments administering lands referred to in subsection (a) 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 value** In issuing rules and regulations pursuant to subsection (c), 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.

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16 U.S.C. § 617 — Exportation of unprocessed timber from

Page 1134 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 615b Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME Acts Oct. 28, 1921, and Mar. 3, 1925, consolidated of- fices of register and receiver and provided for a single officer to be known as register. Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with cer- tain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Functions of Commissioner of General Land Office and registers transferred to Secretary of the Interior or that officer as the Secretary may designate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, set out in the Appendix to Title 5. § 615b. Exportation of timber pulp wood and wood pulp from Alaska Birch timber and pulp wood or wood pulp man- ufactured from timber in Alaska may be ex- ported therefrom. (Feb. 1, 1905, ch. 288, § 2, 33 Stat. 628; June 5, 1920, ch. 235, § 1, 41 Stat. 917.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 422 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions. AMENDMENTS 1920—Act June 5, 1920, authorized exportation of birch timber. § 616. Exportation of timber cut on national for- est or public land in Alaska 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 depart- ment 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 author- ized t

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