[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 688 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 688

 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

                            January 25, 1995

  Mr. Wilson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
    Committee on Agriculture and, in addition, to the Committee on 
International Relations, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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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 (5), 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 (16 U.S.C. 620 et seq.), 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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