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Ill STAT. 1620 PUBLIC LAW 105-83 —NOV. 14, 1997 of this paragraph that contains Federal timber under contract before that date and is outside the boundary of a new sourcing area estabhshed under subparagraph (A)— "(i) that portion shall continue to be a sourcing area only until unprocessed Federal timber from the portion is no longer in the possession of the sourcing area holder; and "(ii) unprocessed timber from private land in that portion shall be exportable immediately after unprocessed timber from Federal land in the portion is no longer in the possession of the sourcing area holder. "(7) RELINQUISHMENT AND TERMINATION OF SOURCING AREAS. — "(A) IN GENERAL. —^A sourcing area may be relinquished at any time. Notice "(B) EFFECTIVE DATE. —^A relinquishment of a sourcing area shall be effective as of the date on which written notice is provided by the sourcing area holder to the Regional Forester with jurisdiction over the sourcing area where the processing facility of the holder is located. "(C) EXPORTABILITY.— "(i) IN GENERAL.— On relinquishment or termination of a sourcing area, unprocessed timber from private land within the former boundary of the relinquished or terminated sourcing area is exportable immediately after unprocessed timber from Federal land from within that area is no longer in the possession of the former sourcing area holder. "(ii) No RESTRICTION. —The exportability of unprocessed timber from private land located outside of a sourcing area shall not be restricted or in any way affected by relinquishment or termination of a sourcing area."; and (3) by adding at the end the following: "(d) DOMESTIC TRANSPORTATION AND PROCESSING OF PRIVATE TIMBER.—Nothing in this section restricts or authorizes any restriction on the domestic transportation or processing of timber harvested from private land, except that the Secretary may prohibit processing facilities located in the State of Idaho that have sourcing areas from processing timber harvested from private land outside of the boundaries of those sourcing areas.". (b) RESTRICTION OF EXPORTS OF UNPROCESSED TIMBER FROM STATE AND PUBLIC LAND.— Section 491(b)(2) of the Forest Resources Conservation and Shortage Relief Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 620c(b)(2)) is amended— (1) by striking "the following" and all that follows through "(A) The Secretary" and inserting "the Secretary"; (2) by striking "during the period beginning on June 1, 1993, and ending on December 31, 1995" and inserting "as of the date of enactment of the Forest Resources Conservation and Shortage Rehef Act of 1997"; and (3) by striking subparagraph (B). SEC. 603. MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT.— Section 492 of the Forest Resources Conservation and Shortage Relief Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 620d) is amended— (1) in subsection (c)(2), by adding at the end the following: