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H.R. 1497, The Legal Timber Protection Act
- This item is from the 110th Congress (2007-2008) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.
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H.R. 1497 would amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to extend its protections to plants illegally harvested outside of the United States.
== Detailed Summary ==
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Legal Timber Protection Act - Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to make it unlawful for any person to import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, purchase in interstate or foreign commerce, or possess any plant taken (i.e., captured, killed, harvested, or collected) in a foreign country that is: (1) taken, transported, or sold in violation of any law that applies in the place (including a park, forest reserve, or other officially protected area) where the harvest, taking, transport, or sale occurs; (2) taken without paying required royalties, taxes, or stumpage fees; (3) exported or transhipped in violation of any legal limitation; (4) taken, exported, or transhipped in violation of any international law, treaty, or international agreement, or (5) without any official documentation of compliance with applicable legal requirements.
Redefines "plant" to mean any wild member of the plant kingdom, including roots, seed, parts, and products thereof (but excluding common food crops and cultivars).
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== Status of the Legislation ==
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Latest Major Action: 3/16/2007: Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee9/24/2008: Placed on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 573.
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M.S.
April 28, 2008, 4:21pm (report abuse)We need this bill to perserve foreign habitats and to help the timber bussiness in the United States where the laws are inforced ,in the global market.
JD509000
June 28, 2008, 11:31pm (report abuse)I agree the bill should pass, however amendments are needed. I'm confused on how they plan to keep track of what's legal and illegal timber. All timber should be legal but how can we track this?
HE
August 7, 2008, 4:18am (report abuse)By using an online tracking service such as that provided by HistoricFutures.com
BP
September 26, 2008, 10:14pm (report abuse)I see this Bill as extremely harmful to the timber industry of the United States. The regulatory and compliance actions that will be needed by numerous companies within the United States to comply with this Bill would be counter productive.