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H.R. 1497 · 110th Congress

Legal Timber Protection Act

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EBD BlumenauerSponsor
67 cosponsors · 57 D, 10 R
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2 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

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…

What it does: CRS summary · Reported to House with amendment(s) · Sep 24, 2008

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.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Legal Timber Protection Act

Latest action (Sep 24, 2008): Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 573.

Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 13, 2007

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.