[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2236 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2236

 To extend Federal restrictions on the export of unprocessed timber to 
                timber harvested in the State of Texas.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 20, 1993

Mr. Wilson introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to 
           the Committees on Agriculture and Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To extend Federal restrictions on the export of unprocessed timber to 
                timber harvested in the State of Texas.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF FOREST RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND SHORTAGE 
              RELIEF ACT OF 1990 TO THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS.

    (a) Extension of Restrictions.--Section 489(a) of the Forest 
Resources Conservation and Shortage Relief Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 
620a(a)) is amended by inserting ``or from Federal lands in the State 
of Texas'' after ``100th meridian in the contiguous 48 States''.
    (b) Substitution.--Section 490 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 620b) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsections (a)(1), (a)(2)(D)(i), and (b)(1), by 
        inserting ``or from Federal lands in the State of Texas'' after 
        ``100th meridian in the contiguous 48 States'' each place it 
        appears; and
            (2) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ``or from a sourcing 
        area in the State of Texas'' after ``100th meridian in the 
        contiguous 48 States''.
    (c) Monitoring and Enforcement.--Section 492 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
620d) is amended in subsections (a) and (b) by inserting ``or from 
Federal lands in the State of Texas'' after ``100th meridian in the 
contiguous 48 States'' each place it appears.
    (d) Definitions.--Section 493 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 620e) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``or in the State of 
        Texas'' after ``48 States''; and
            (2) in paragraph (8), by inserting ``or from Federal lands 
        in the State of Texas'' after ``100th meridian in the 
        contiguous 48 States''.
    (e) Treatment of Wood Chips.--Section 493(7) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
620e(7)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(C) Notwithstanding subparagraph (B), the term 
        `unprocessed timber' includes chips processed from timber 
        originating in the State of Texas.''.
    (f) Effective Date and Effect of Amendments.--
            (1) Effective date.--The amendments made by this section 
        shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Effect of amendments.--For purposes of applying the 
        amendments made by this section to lands in the State of Texas 
        not previously covered by the Forest Resources Conservation and 
        Shortage Relief Act of 1990, references in such Act to the date 
        of the enactment of such Act shall be deemed to be references 
        to the date of the enactment of this section.

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