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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 388 
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 
JANUARY 21, 2021 
Mr. CASE (for himself and Mr. KAHELE) 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 and in consultation with the government of Ha-
waii, shall develop a list of items subject to inspection for 
purposes 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 and in co-
operation with the government of Hawaii, shall publish in 
the Federal Register the list developed pursuant to sub-
section (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.’’. 
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 inserting before the 
semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘(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)’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting before the 
semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘(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)’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the pe-
riod at the end the following: ‘‘(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)’’. 
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 
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