16 U.S.C. § 620i : US Code - Section 620I: Eastern hardwoods study

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(a) Study
The Secretary of Commerce, in conjunction with the Secretary of
Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, shall conduct a
study of the export from the United States, during the 2-year
period beginning on January 1, 1991, of unprocessed hardwood timber
harvested from Federal lands or public lands east of the 100th
meridian. In order to carry out the provisions of this section -
(1) the Secretary of Commerce shall require each person
exporting such timber from the United States to declare, in
addition to the information normally required in the Shipper's
Export Declarations, the State in which the timber was grown and
harvested; and
(2) the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the
Interior shall ensure that all hardwood saw timber harvested from
Federal lands east of the 100th meridian is marked in such a
manner as to make it readily identifiable at all times before its
manufacture, and shall take such steps as each Secretary
considers appropriate to ensure that such markings are not
altered or destroyed before manufacturing.
(b) Report to Congress
Not later than April 1, 1993, the Secretary of Commerce shall
submit to the Committees on Agriculture, Natural Resources, and
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report
describing the volume and value of unprocessed timber grown and
harvested from Federal lands or public lands east of the 100th
meridian that is exported from the United States during the 2-year
period beginning on January 1, 1991, the country to which such
timber is exported, and the State in which such timber was grown
and harvested.