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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5506 
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 by requiring 
preclearance quarantine inspections for all movement to or from the 
State of Hawaii by either domestic or international travel, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 19, 2019 
Mr. CASE (for himself and Ms. GABBARD) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 
of 2002 by requiring preclearance quarantine inspections 
for all movement to or from the State of Hawaii by 
either domestic or international travel, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hawaii Invasive Spe-
cies Protection Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIRING PRECLEARANCE QUARANTINE INSPEC-
TIONS FOR ALL MOVEMENT TO OR FROM THE 
STATE OF HAWAII. 
Section 10811 of the Farm Security and Rural In-
vestment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8307 note) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 10811. PRECLEARANCE QUARANTINE INSPECTIONS. 
‘‘(a) PRECLEARANCE INSPECTIONS REQUIRED.—The 
Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Adminis-
trator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 
in cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Commerce, 
the Secretary of the Treasury, the government of Hawaii, 
and each of their respective quarantine, natural resource, 
conservation, and law enforcement agencies and officers, 
as appropriate, shall conduct visual, x-ray, and canine 
preclearance quarantine inspections of persons, baggage, 
cargo, and any other articles destined for direct movement 
to or from the State of Hawaii by either domestic or inter-
national travel for high-risk invasive species and agricul-
tural materials. 
‘‘(b) 
INSPECTION
LOCATIONS.—The 
domestic 
preclearance quarantine inspections required by sub-
section (a) shall be conducted prior to direct travel to or 
from the State of Hawaii at all— 
‘‘(1) departure and interline airports; 
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‘‘(2) ports of departure; and 
‘‘(3) destination sectional center facilities of the 
United States Postal Service. 
‘‘(c) INVASIVE SPECIES AND AGRICULTURAL MATE-
RIALS.—The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 
Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service, shall in consultation with the government of Ha-
waii, develop a list of items subect to inspection for pur-
poses of screening pursuant to subsection (a). 
‘‘(d) PUBLICATION
IN FEDERAL REGISTER.—Not 
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
the Hawaii Invasive Species Protection Act, the Secretary 
of Agriculture, acting through the Administrator of the 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, in coopera-
tion with the government of Hawaii, shall publish in the 
Federal Register the list developed pursuant to subsection 
(c). 
‘‘(e) SEIZURE AND DISPOSAL.—High-risk invasive 
species and agricultural material discovered under sub-
section (a) may be seized and disposed of in accordance 
with section 10407 (7 U.S.C. 8306).’’. 
SEC. 3. PRECLEARANCE QUARANTINE INSPECTIONS FOR 
PLANTS. 
Section 421(b) of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 
7731(b)) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or article 
subject to this title;’’ and inserting ‘‘(including high- 
risk invasive species and agricultural materials into 
the State of Hawaii in accordance with section 
10811(c) of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8307(c) note), or article 
subject to this title;’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or article 
subject to this title;’’ and inserting ‘‘(including high- 
risk invasive species and agricultural materials into 
the State of Hawaii in accordance with section 
10811(c) of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8307(c) note), or article 
subject to this title;’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘or article 
regulated under that section or is moving subject to 
that section;’’ and inserting ‘‘(including high-risk 
invasive species and agricultural materials into the 
State of Hawaii in accordance with section 10811(c) 
of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
2002 (7 U.S.C. 8307(c) note), or article regulated 
under that section or is moving subject to that sec-
tion;’’. 
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SEC. 4. COLLECTION OF FEES FOR INSPECTION SERVICES. 
Section 2509 of the Food, Agricultural, Conservation 
and Trade Act of 1990 (21 U.S.C. 136a(a)) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by inserting ‘‘in-
cluding the cost of such services provided in connec-
tion with the arrival in Hawaii, with respect to 
screening for high-risk invasive species under section 
10811 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8307 note),’’ after ‘‘port in 
the customs territory of the United States,’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting before the 
period at the end the following: ‘‘, including with re-
spect to screening conducted in connection with re-
spect to the import, entry, and exportation to or 
from Hawaii of high-risk invasive species under sec-
tion 10811 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8307 note)’’. 
SEC. 5. FEES FOR INSPECTION OF PLANTS FOR EXPORTING 
OR TRANSITING. 
Section 102(f) of the Department of Agriculture Or-
ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 7759(f)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) The Secretary of Agriculture shall pre-
scribe and collect user fees sufficient to cover the 
full cost of preclearance quarantine inspections con-
ducted under section 10811 of the Farm Security 
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and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8307 
note).’’. 
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