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 Ill STAT. 1622 PUBLIC LAW 105-83 —NOV. 14, 1997 (A) by striking "Pulp logs or cull logs" and inserting "Pulp logs, cull logs, and incidental volumes of grade 3 and 4 sawlogs"; (B) by inserting "primar/' before "purpose"; and (C) by striking the period at the end and inserting: ", or to the extent that a small quantity of such logs are processed, into other products at domestic processing facilities. "; and (4) by adding at the end the following: "(11) VIOLATION. — The term 'violation' means a violation of this Act (including a regulation issued to implement this Act) with regard to a course of action, including— "(A) in the case of a violation by the original purchaser of unprocessed timber, an act or omission with respect to a single timber sale; and "(B) in the case of a violation of a subsequent purchaser of the timber, an act or omission with respect to an operation at a particular processing facility or log yard.". SEC. 605. REGULATIONS.— Section 495(a) of the Forest Resources Conservation and Shortage Relief Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 620fla)) is amended— (1) by striking "The Secretaries" and inserting the following: " (1) AGRICULTURE AND INTERIOR.— The Secretaries"; (2) by striking 'The Secretary of Commerce" and inserting the following: "(2) COMMERCE. — The Secretary of Commerce"; and (3) by striking the last sentence and inserting the following: Regulations. "(3) DEADLINE.— "(A) IN GENERAL. — Except as otherwise provided in this title, regulations and guidelines required under this subsection shall be issued not later than June 1, 1998. "(B) The regulations and guidelines issued under this title that were in effect prior to September 8, 1995 shall remain in effect until new regulations and guidelines are issued under subparagraph (A). " (4) PAINTING AND BRANDING. — Regulations. "(A) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary concerned shall issue regulations that impose reasonable painting, branding, or other forms of marking or tracking requirements on unprocessed timber if— "(i) the benefits of the requirements outweigh the cost of complying with the requirements; and "(ii) the Secretary determines that, without the requirements, it is likely that the unprocessed timber— "(I) would be exported in violation of this title; or "(II) if the unprocessed timber originated from Federal lands, would be substituted for unprocessed timber originating from private lands west of the 100th Meridian in the contiguous 48 States in violation of this title. "(B) MINIMUM SIZE. —The Secretary concerned shall not impose painting, branding, or other forms of marking or tracking requirements on— "(i) the face of a log that is less than 7 inches in diameter; or

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