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16 U.S.C. § 597 to 600 (CONSERVATION)
§§ 597 to 600. Repealed. Dec. 16, 1930, ch. 14, § 1, 46 Stat. 1028
text: Sections, R.S. § 2463, acts Mar. 3, 1879, ch. 189, §§ 1, 2, 20 Stat. 470, 471; Mar. 2, 1895, ch. 182, 28 Stat. 814, related to red cedar timber and reservation of lands for naval purposes.
16 U.S.C. § 605 (CONSERVATION)
§ 605. Unlawful cutting on mineral lands; notice to Secretary
It shall be the duty of such officer as the Secretary of the Interior may designate in whose district any mineral land may be situated to ascertain from time to time whether any timber is being cut or used upon any such lands, except for the purposes authorized by section 604 of this title, within such land district; and, if so, he shall immediately notify the Secretary of the Interior of that fact; and all necessary expenses incurred in making such proper examinations shall be paid for and allowed such officer in making up his next quarterly account.
(June 3, 1878, ch. 150, § 2, 20 Stat. 88; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
“Such officer as the Secretary of the Interior may designate” substituted in text for “the register and the receiver of any local land office”, “Secretary of the Interior” for “Commissioner of the General Land Office”, and “such officer” for “such register and receiver” on authority of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, set out in the Appendix to Title 5.
16 U.S.C. § 607a (CONSERVATION)
§ 607a. Cutting and use of timber in Alaska by settlers, residents, miners, etc.
The Secretary of the Interior may permit under regulations to be prescribed by him the use of timber found upon the public land in Alaska by actual settlers, residents, individual miners, and prospectors for minerals, for firewood, fencing, buildings, mining, prospecting, and for domestic purposes, as may actually be needed by such persons for such purposes and may permit such use by churches, hospitals, and charitable institutions in Alaska for firewood, fencing, buildings, and for domestic purposes.
(May 14, 1898, ch. 299, § 11, 30 Stat. 414; June 15, 1938, ch. 437, 52 Stat. 699.)
heading: Codification
text: Section is comprised of the last sentence of section 11 of act May 14, 1898. The remainder of section 11 of act May 14, 1898, is classified to section 615a of this title.
Section was formerly classified to section 423 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
heading: Amendments
text: 1938—Act June 15, 1938, inserted last clause relating to use of timber by churches, hospitals, and charitable institutions.
16 U.S.C. § 608 (CONSERVATION)
§ 608. Permits to cut and remove timber; citizens of Malheur County, Oregon
It shall be lawful for the Secretary of the Interior to grant permits under the provisions of section 607 of this title to citizens of Malheur County, Oregon, to cut timber in the State of Idaho for agricultural, mining, or other domestic purposes, and to remove the timber so cut to Malheur County, State of Oregon.
(Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, § 8 (part), as added Mar. 3, 1919, ch. 111, 40 Stat. 1321.)
heading: Codification
text: Section is derived from act Mar. 3, 1919, which recites that it amends section 8 of act Mar. 3, 1891, which is the source of section 607 of this title, by adding this section thereto. Section 8 of act Mar. 3, 1891, is classified to sections 607, 608 to 611a of this title.
16 U.S.C. § 609 (CONSERVATION)
§ 609. Permits to cut and remove timber; citizens of Modoc County, California
It shall be lawful for the Secretary of the Interior to grant permits under the provisions of section 607 of this title, to citizens of Modoc County, California, to cut timber in the State of Nevada for agricultural, mining, or other domestic purposes, and to remove the timber so cut to Modoc County, State of California.
(Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, § 8 (part), as added Mar. 3, 1919, ch. 115, 40 Stat. 1322.)
heading: Codification
text: Section is derived from act Mar. 3, 1919, which recites that it amends section 8 of act Mar. 3, 1891, which is the source of section 607 of this title, by adding this section thereto. Section 8 of act Mar. 3, 1891, is classified to sections 607, 608 to 611a of this title.
16 U.S.C. § 610 (CONSERVATION)
§ 610. Permits to cut and remove timber; citizens of Washington County and Kane County, Utah
It shall be lawful for the Secretary of the Interior to grant permits under the provisions of section 607 of this title, to citizens of Washington County and of Kane County, Utah, to cut timber on the public lands of the counties of Mohave and Coconino, Arizona, for agricultural, mining, or other domestic purposes, and remove the timber so cut to said Washington County and Kane County, Utah.
(Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, § 8 (part), as added Feb. 27, 1922, ch. 82, 42 Stat. 398.)
heading: Codification
text: Section is derived from act Feb. 27, 1922, which recites that it amends section 8 of act Mar. 3, 1891, which is the source of section 607 of this title, by adding this section thereto. Section 8 of act Mar. 3, 1891, is classified to sections 607, 608 to 611a of this title.
16 U.S.C. § 611 (CONSERVATION)
§ 611. Permits to cut and remove timber; citizens of Idaho and Wyoming
It shall be lawful for the Secretary of the Interior to grant permits under the provisions of section 607 of this title, to citizens of Idaho and Wyoming to cut timber in the State of Wyoming west of the Continental Divide on the Snake River and its tributaries to the boundary line of Idaho, for agricultural, mining, or other domestic purposes, and to remove the timber so cut to the State of Idaho.
(Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, § 8 (part), as added July 1, 1898, ch. 546, § 1, 30 Stat. 618.)
heading: Codification
text: Section is derived from act July 1, 1898, which recites that it amends section 8 of act Mar. 3, 1891, which is the source of section 607 of this title, by adding this section thereto. Section 8 of act Mar. 3, 1891, is classified to sections 607, 608 to 611a of this title.
16 U.S.C. § 611a (CONSERVATION)
§ 611a. Permits to cut and remove timber; citizens of Bear Lake County, Idaho
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to grant permits, subject to the provisions of section 607 of this title, to citizens of Bear Lake County, Idaho, to cut and remove timber on the unappropriated public domain in Lincoln County, Wyoming, for domestic use in Bear Lake County, Idaho: Provided, That no live standing timber shall be taken without compensation.
(Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, § 8 (part), as added Aug. 21, 1935, ch. 591, 49 Stat. 665.)
heading: Codification
text: Section is derived from act Aug. 1, 1935, which recites that it amends section 8 of act Mar. 31, 1891, which is the source of section 607 of this title, by adding this section thereto. Section 8 of act Mar. 3, 1891, is classified to sections 607, 608 to 611a of this title.
16 U.S.C. § 612 (CONSERVATION)
§ 612. Permits to cut and remove timber to certain corporations
It shall be lawful for the Secretary of the Interior to grant permits in accordance with the provisions of section 607 of this title, to corporations incorporated under a Federal law of the United States or incorporated under the laws of a State or Territory of the United States, other than the State in which the privilege is requested, said permits to confer the same rights and benefits upon such corporations as are conferred upon corporations incorporated in the State in which the privilege is to be exercised: Provided, That all such corporations shall first have complied with the laws of that State so as to entitle them to do business therein; but nothing herein shall operate to enlarge the rights of any railway company to cut timber on the public domain.
(Jan. 11, 1921, ch. 22, 41 Stat. 1088.)
heading: Codification
text: See portion of note under section 604 of this title relative to act Jan. 11, 1921, which is applicable equally to this section.
16 U.S.C. § 614, 615 (CONSERVATION)
§§ 614, 615. Repealed. Pub. L. 87–689, § 2, Sept. 25, 1962, 76 Stat. 588
text: Sections, acts Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 165, §§ 1, 2, 37 Stat. 1015, 1016; July 3, 1926, ch. 779, §§ 1, 2, 44 Stat. 890, 891, related to sale of timber killed or damaged by forest-fires and to disposal of proceeds of sale of burnt timber on an existing claim.
heading: Savings Provision
text: Pub. L. 87–689, § 2, Sept. 25, 1962, 76 Stat. 588, provided in part that rights and liabilities existing under sections 614 and 615 of this title on Sept. 25, 1962, shall not be affected thereby.
16 U.S.C. § 615a (CONSERVATION)
§ 615a. Sale of timber in Alaska; appraisal; local consumption; accounting; deposit in Treasury
The Secretary of the Interior, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, may cause to be appraised the timber or any part thereof upon public lands in Alaska, and may from time to time sell so much thereof as he may deem proper for not less than the appraised value thereof, in such quantities to each purchaser as he shall prescribe, to be used in Alaska except as aforesaid, but not for export therefrom except as provided under section 615b of this title. And such sales shall at all times be limited to actual necessities for consumption in Alaska from year to year, and payments for such timber shall be made to such officer as the Secretary of the Interior may designate of the local land office of the land district in which said timber may be sold, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, and the moneys arising therefrom shall be accounted for by such officer as the Secretary of the Interior may designate to the Secretary of the Interior in a separate account, and shall be covered into the Treasury.
(May 14, 1898, ch. 299, § 11, 30 Stat. 414; Oct. 28, 1921, ch. 114, § 1, 42 Stat. 208; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 462, 43 Stat. 1144; 1946 Reorg. Plan. No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)
heading: Codification
text: Section is comprised of the first two sentences of section 11 of act May 14, 1898, the remainder of section 11 of act May 14, 1898, is classified to section 607a of this title.
Section was formerly classified to section 421 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
heading: Change of Name
text: Acts Oct. 28, 1921, and Mar. 3, 1925, consolidated offices of register and receiver and provided for a single officer to be known as register.
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Functions of Commissioner of General Land Office and registers transferred to Secretary of the Interior or that officer as the Secretary may designate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, set out in the Appendix to Title 5.
16 U.S.C. § 615b (CONSERVATION)
§ 615b. Exportation of timber pulp wood and wood pulp from Alaska
Birch timber and pulp wood or wood pulp manufactured from timber in Alaska may be exported therefrom.
(Feb. 1, 1905, ch. 288, § 2, 33 Stat. 628; June 5, 1920, ch. 235, § 1, 41 Stat. 917.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 422 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
heading: Amendments
text: 1920—Act June 5, 1920, authorized exportation of birch timber.
16 U.S.C. § 616 (CONSERVATION)
§ 616. Exportation of timber cut on national forest or public land in Alaska
Timber lawfully cut on any national forest, or on the public lands in Alaska, may be exported from the State or Territory where grown if, in the judgment of the Secretary of the department administering the national forests, or the public lands in Alaska, the supply of timber for local use will not be endangered thereby, and the respective Secretaries concerned are authorized to issue rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this section.
(Apr. 12, 1926, § 1, ch. 117, 44 Stat. 242.)
heading: Admission of Alaska as State
text: Admission of Alaska into the Union was accomplished Jan. 3, 1959, on issuance of Proc. No. 3269, Jan. 3, 1959, 24 F.R. 81, 73 Stat. c16, as required by sections 1 and 8(c) of Pub. L. 85–508, July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 339, set out as notes preceding section 21 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
16 U.S.C. § 617 (CONSERVATION)
§ 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.
(Apr. 12, 1926, ch. 117, § 2, as added Pub. L. 90–554, pt. IV, § 401, Oct. 8, 1968, 82 Stat. 966; amended Pub. L. 91–609, title IX, § 921, Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1817.)
heading: Amendments
text: 1970—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 91–609 extended date for application of limitation provision from 1971 to 1973 calendar year.
16 U.S.C. § 620a (CONSERVATION)
§ 620a. Restrictions on exports of unprocessed timber originating from Federal lands
(a) Prohibition on export of unprocessed timber originating from Federal lands
No person who acquires unprocessed timber originating from Federal lands west of the 100th meridian in the contiguous 48 States may export such timber from the United States, or sell, trade, exchange, or otherwise convey such timber to any other person for the purpose of exporting such timber from the United States, unless such timber has been determined under subsection (b) of this section to be surplus to the needs of timber manufacturing facilities in the United States.
(b) Surpluses
(1) Determinations by Secretary concerned
The prohibition contained in subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to specific quantities of grades and species of unprocessed timber originating from Federal lands which the Secretary concerned determines to be surplus to domestic manufacturing needs.
(2) Procedures
Any determination under paragraph (1) shall be made in regulations issued in accordance with section 553 of title 5. Any such determination shall be reviewed at least once in every 3-year period. The Secretary concerned shall publish notice of such review in the Federal Register, and shall give the public an opportunity to comment on such review.
(Pub. L. 101–382, title IV, § 489, Aug. 20, 1990, 104 Stat. 715.)
16 U.S.C. § 620h (CONSERVATION)
§ 620h. Savings provision
Nothing in sections 620 to 620j of this title, or regulations issued under sections 620 to 620j of this title, shall be construed to abrogate or affect any timber sale contract entered into before August 20, 1990.
(Pub. L. 101–382, title IV, § 497, Aug. 20, 1990, 104 Stat. 725.)
heading: References in Text
text: August 20, 1990, referred to in text, was in the original “the effective date of this title”, which is the date of enactment of title IV of Pub. L. 101–382, approved Aug. 20, 1990, except as otherwise provided in sections 620 to 620j of this title, see section 494 of Pub. L. 101–382, set out as an Effective Date note under section 620 of this title.
16 U.S.C. § 620i (CONSERVATION)
§ 620i. Eastern hardwoods study
(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.
(Pub. L. 101–382, title IV, § 498, Aug. 20, 1990, 104 Stat. 725; Pub. L. 103–437, § 6(d)(35), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4585.)
heading: Amendments
text: 1994—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Natural Resources” for “Interior and Insular Affairs”.
16 U.S.C. § 620j (CONSERVATION)
§ 620j. Authority of Export Administration Act of 1979
Nothing in sections 620 to 620j of this title shall be construed to—
(1) prejudice the outcome of pending or prospective petitions filed under, or
(2) warrant the exercise of the authority contained in,
section 7 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 [50 U.S.C. App. 2406] with respect to the export of unprocessed timber.
(Pub. L. 101–382, title IV, § 499, Aug. 20, 1990, 104 Stat. 726.)
16 U.S.C. § 631 (CONSERVATION)
§ 631. Omitted
heading: Codification
text: Section, acts Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 7, 32 Stat. 828; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736, vested control over fur seal, salmon, and other fisheries in Alaska in Department of the Interior.
16 U.S.C. § 631a to 631q (CONSERVATION)
§§ 631a to 631q. Repealed. Pub. L. 89–702, title IV, § 408(a), Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1098
text: Sections were from act Feb. 26, 1944, ch. 65, §§ 1–17, 58 Stat. 100.
text: Section 631e amended by act Sept. 27, 1950, ch. 1056, 64 Stat. 1071.
text: Sections related to protection of fur seals and other fur-bearing animals as follows:
text: 631a, Definitions,
text: 631b, Pelagic sealing, sealing, or sea otter hunting in certain waters of North Pacific prohibited; use of ports of United States; importing illegally taken skins,
text: 631c, Natives permitted to carry on pelagic sealing or sea otter hunting,
text: 631d, Killing of seals on Pribilof Islands, other islands, and shores of waters under United States jurisdiction; permission to designated Fish and Wildlife Service officers and employees and Alaskan natives; pelagic sealing in emergencies,
text: 631e, Sale of seal or sea otter skins; deposit of proceeds,
text: 631f, Pribilof Islands a special reservation; landing on islands unlawful; penalties,
text: 631g, Employment of Pribilof Islands native in killing seals and curing skins,
text: 631h, Depots for and transportation of provisions from mainland to Pribilof Islands; care of natives,
text: 631i, Investigations as to seal life on the Pribilof Islands,
text: 631j, Persons authorized to enforce provisions of seal fisheries law; powers of arrest, search, and seizure; execution of warrants; forfeiture,
text: 631k, Punishment for violation of law; forfeiture,
text: 631l, Duties of collectors of customs regarding importation of skins of fur seal and see otter,
text: 631m, Seizure of persons or vessels outside of jurisdiction of signatory powers; procedure,
text: 631n, Guard or patrol of waters; composition,
text: 631o, Receipt and disposal of skins by United States,
text: 631p, Killing, capturing, etc., certain fur-bearing animals for scientific purposes,
text: 631q, Secretary’s powers and duties; employment of personnel.
text: Subject matter is covered by section 1151 et seq. of this title.