[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 432 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 432

To prohibit exports of unprocessed timber and wood chips to any country 
  that does not provide reciprocal access to its markets for finished 
         wood products and paper produced in the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

  Mr. Wilson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit exports of unprocessed timber and wood chips to any country 
  that does not provide reciprocal access to its markets for finished 
         wood products and paper produced in the United States.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON EXPORTS OF UNPROCESSED TIMBER AND WOOD CHIPS 
              TO CERTAIN COUNTRIES.

    No unprocessed timber or wood chips may be exported from the United 
States to any country that does not provide reciprocal access to its 
markets for finished wood products and paper produced in the United 
States.

SEC. 2. EXERCISE OF AUTHORITIES.

    The President shall exercise the authorities of the Export 
Administration Act of 1979 to carry out section 1.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this Act--
            (1) the term ``unprocessed timber'' has the meaning given 
        that term in section 493(7) of the Forest Resources 
        Conservation and Shortage Relief Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 
        620e(7));
            (2) the term ``finished wood products'' means wood products 
        other than unprocessed timber; and
            (3) the term ``United States'' includes any commonwealth, 
        territory, or possession of the United States.

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