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•nfeAi' PUBLIC LAW 101-382—AUG. 20, 1990 104 STAT. 725 Bureau Export R or N list clear grades, sawn on 4 sides, not to exceed 12 inches in thickness. (iii) Lumber, construction timbers, or cants for remanufacture, except Western Red Cedar, that do not meet the grades referred to in clause (ii) and are sawn on 4 sides, with wane less than V4 of any face, not exceeding 8% inches in thickness. (iv) Chips, pulp, or pulp products. (v) Veneer or plywood. (vi) Poles, posts, or piling cut or treated with preservatives for use as such, (vii) Shakes or shingles. (viii) Aspen or other pulpwood bolts, not exceeding 100 inches in length, exported for processing into pulp. (ix) Pulp logs or cull logs processed at domestic pulp mills, domestic chip plants, or other domestic operations for the purpose of conversion of the logs into chips. (8) The acquisition of unprocessed timber from Federal lands west of the 100th meridian in the contiguous 48 States to be used in "substitution" for exported unprocessed timber originating from private lands means acquiring unprocessed timber from such Federal lands and engaging in exporting, or selling for export, unprocessed timber originating from private lands within the same geographic and economic area. SEC. 494. EFFECTIVE DATE. 16 USC 620 note. Except as otherwise provided in this title, the provisions of this title take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 495. REGULATIONS AND REVIEW. 16 USC 620f. (a) REGULATIONS.—The Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior shall, in consultation, each prescribe new coordinated and consistent regulations to implement this title on lands which they administer. The Secretary of Commerce shall promulgate such rules and guidelines as may be necessary to carry out this title. Except as otherwise provided in this title, regulations and guidelines under this subsection shall be issued not later than 9 months after the date of the enactment of this Act. OJ) REVIEW.— The Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior shall, in consultation, review the definition of unprocessed timber under section 493(7) for purposes of this title and, not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, submit to the Congress any recommendations they have with respect to such definition. Specifically, the Secretaries shall report on the effects of maintain- Reports, ing 2 size standards under section 493(B) (ii) and (iii). SEC. 496. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 16 USC 620g. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this title. SEC. 497. SAVINGS CLAUSE. 16 USC 620h. Nothing in this title, or regulations issued under this title, shall be construed to abrogate or affect any timber sale contract entered into before the effective date of this title. SEC. 498. EASTERN HARDWOODS STUDY. 16 USC 620i. (a) STUDY.— The Secretary of Commerce, in conjunction with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, shall