16 U.S.C. § 617 : US Code - Section 617: Exportation of unprocessed timber from Federal lands

Search 16 U.S.C. § 617 : US Code - Section 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) 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 timber
The 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 value
In 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.