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 PUBLIC LAW 101-382—AUG. 20, 1990 104 STAT. 721 the Governor shall enter into formal consultation, concerning such regulations, with appropriate State officials and with a State Board of Natural Resources where such a board exists. When formulating regulations under this paragraph, the Governor shall take into account the intent of this title to effect a net increase in domestic processing of timber harvested from public lands consistent with all orders issued by the Secretary of Commerce under subsection (a). (B) The Governor of each State with annual sales of 400,000,000 board feet or less upon the date of the enactment of this Act, or such other State official as the Governor may designate, shall, within 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, issue regulations to carry out the purposes of this section. Until such regulations are issued in a State, the prohibitions contained in subsections (a) and (b) of section 490 shall apply to unprocessed timber originating from public lands in that State to the same extent as such prohibitions apply to unprocessed timber originating from Federal lands, except that the provisions of subsection (c) of such section shall not apply. (4) PRIOR CONTRACTS.— Nothing in this section shall apply to any contract for the purchase of unprocessed timber from public lands entered into before the effective date of a Secretary's order issued under subsection (a). (5) WESTERN RED CEDAR.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to supersede the provisions of section 7(i) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2406(i)). (e) PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORITY.—The President is authorized, after suitable notice and a public comment period of not less than 120 days, to suspend the provisions of this section if a panel of experts has reported to the Contracting Parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, or a ruling issued under the formal dispute settlement proceeding provided under any other trade agreement finds, that the provisions of this section are in violation of, or inconsistent with. United States obligations under that trade agreement. (f) REMOVAL OR MODIFICATIONS OF STATE RESTRICTIONS. —Based upon a determination that it is in the national economic interest, the President may remove or modify any prohibition on exports from public lands in a State if that State petitions the President to remove or modify such prohibition. (g) EFFECT OF PRIOR FEDERAL LAW.—No provision of Federal law which imposes requirements with respect to the generation of revenue from State timberlands and was enacted before the enactment of this Act shall be construed to invalidate, supersede, or otherwise affect any action of a State or political subdivision of a State pursuant to this title. (h) SURPLUS TIMBER.— The prohibitions on exports contained in orders of the Secretary of Commerce issued under subsection (a) shall not apply to specific quantities of grades and species of unprocessed timber originating from public lands which the Secretary concerned determines by rule to be surplus to the needs of timber manufacturing facilities in the United States. Any such determination may, by rule, be withdrawn by the Secretary concerned if the Secretary determines that the affected timber is no longer surplus to the needs of timber manufacturing facilities in the United States.

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