§ 616. — Exportation of timber cut on national forest or public land in Alaska.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC616]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 4--PROTECTION OF TIMBER, AND DEPREDATIONS
Sec. 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, Sec. 1, ch. 117, 44 Stat. 242.)
Admission of Alaska as State
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.
