PUBLIC LAW 103-45—JULY 1, 1993 107 STAT. 225 "(B) EXEMPTION. —The actions and regulations of the Secretary under subparagraph (A) shall not apply with respect to a State that is administering and enforcing a program under subsection (d). " (2) COOPERATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES.— The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to enter into agreements with Federal and State agencies with appropriate jurisdiction to assist the Secretary in carrying out this title. " (d) AUTHORIZED STATE PROGRAMS.— "(1) AUTHORIZATION OF NEW STATE PROGRAMS. — Notwithstanding subsection (c), the Governor of any State may submit a program to the Secretary of Commerce for approval that— "(A) implements, with respect to unprocessed timber originating from public lands in that State, the prohibition on exports set forth in the Secretary's order under subsection (a); and "(B) ensures that the species, grades, and geographic origin of unprocessed timber prohibited from export within the State is representative of the species, grades, and geographic origin of timber comprising the total timber sales program of the State. " (2) APPROVAL OF STATE PROGRAMS. — "(A) PROGRAM APPROVAL. —Not later than 30 days after Federal the submission of a program under paragraph (1), the ^^fp^f- Secretary of Commerce shall approve the program unless ^" the Secretary finds that the program will result in the export of unprocessed timber from public lands in violation of this title and publishes that finding in the Federal Register. " (B) STATE PROGRAM IN LIEU OF FEDERAL PROGRAM. — If the Secretary of Commerce approves a program submitted under paragraph (1), the Governor of the State for which the program was submitted, or such other official of that State as the Governor may designate, may administer and enforce the program, which snail apply in that State in lieu of the regmations issued under subsection (0. "(C) PRIOR STATE PROGRAMS. —Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of the Forest Resources Conservation and Shortage Relief Amendments Act of 1993, the (jovemor of any State that had, before May 4, 1993, issued regulations under this subsection as in effect before May 4, 1993, may provide the Secretary of Commerce with written notification that the State has a program that was in effect on May 3, 1993, and that meets the requirements of paragraph (1). Upon such notification, that State may administer and enforce that program in that State until the end of the 9-month period beginning on the date on which the Secretary of Commerce issues regulations under subsection (c), and that program shall, during the period in which it is so administered and enforced, apply in that State in lieu of the regulations issued under subsection (c). Such Governor may submit, with such notification, the program for approval by the Secretary under paragraph (1). "(e) PRIOR CONTRACTS. —Nothing in this section shall apply to—
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