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HR 1497 110th Congress House

Legal Timber Protection Act

Official title: To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to extend its protections to plants illegally harvested outside of the United States, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 14, 2007 See on congress.gov
Public Lands and Natural Resources Administrative procedureCommerceCrime and Law EnforcementDepartment of Agriculture
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 Everywhere this bill has been 10 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 24, 2008
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 573.
Sep 24, 2008
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-882.
Nov 7, 2007
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Nov 7, 2007
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Nov 7, 2007
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans Discharged.
Oct 16, 2007
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 16, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
Mar 13, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Mar 13, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E533)
Mar 13, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 24, 2008

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 573.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Legal Timber Protection Act - Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to redefine "plant" to mean any wild member of the plant kingdom, including roots, seeds, parts, and products thereof, excluding any common food crop or cultivar that is a species not listed in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora or an endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Redefines "take" under such Act to include the harvesting, cutting, logging, or removing of a plant.

Restates and modifies prohibitions under such Act against the sale or possession of plants in violation of state or foreign laws enacted to protect such plants.

Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to allow public participation in the review of the implementation of plant declaration requirements.

 Bill text 2 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 8 Republican 1
R
Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Feb 7, 2008
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Dec 19, 2007
 D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Nov 8, 2007
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Nov 8, 2007
Bordallo, Madeleine
· Nov 7, 2007
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Oct 23, 2007
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Oct 23, 2007
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Oct 22, 2007
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · May 14, 2007
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Apr 17, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1497: Legal Timber Protection Act. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1497/
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