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Freedom from Over-Criminalization and Unjust Seizures Act of 2012

Introduced: February 2, 2012 Introduced by: Paul, Rand Republican · Kentucky See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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Freedom from Over-Criminalization and Unjust Seizures Act of 2012 - Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to repeal the prohibition on importing, exporting, transporting, selling, receiving, acquiring, or purchasing in interstate or foreign commerce: (1) fish or wildlife taken, possessed, transported, or sold in violation of foreign law; or (2) plants taken, possessed, transported, or sold in violation of foreign law, without the payment of appropriate royalties, taxes, or stumpage fees required by foreign law, or in violation of any limitation under foreign law that governs the export or transshipment of plants. Repeals the prohibition on possessing such fish, wildlife, or plants within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States.

Establishes a $200,000 maximum limit on a civil penalty for a knowing violation of such Act that involves fish, wildlife, or plants with a market value of $350 or more.

Repeals: (1) criminal penalties under such Act, and (2) the authorization to suspend, modify, or cancel specified licenses or permits issued to any person who is convicted of a criminal violation of such Act.

What's happening now February 2, 2012

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2062: Freedom from Over-Criminalization and Unjust Seizures Act of 2012. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-2062/
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"S. 2062: Freedom from Over-Criminalization and Unjust Seizures Act of 2012." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-2062/.
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S. 2062, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-2062/.
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