Legal Timber Protection Act

Bill: 110-hr-1497
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2007-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Agriculture
Environmental Protection
Export controls
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Forests, forestry, trees
Government Operations and Politics
Import restrictions
International Affairs
International law
Lumber trade
Natural areas
Parks
Plant protection
Smuggling
Treaties
Wildlife conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: 
Legal Timber Protection Act - Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to make it unlawful for any person to import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, purchase in interstate or foreign commerce, or possess any plant taken (i.e., captured, killed, harvested, or collected) in a foreign country that is: (1) taken, transported, or sold in violation of any law that applies in the place (including a park, forest reserve, or other officially protected area) where the harvest, taking, transport, or sale occurs; (2) taken without paying required royalties, taxes, or stumpage fees; (3) exported or transhipped in violation of any legal limitation; (4) taken, exported, or transhipped in violation of any international law, treaty, or international agreement, or (5) without any official documentation of compliance with applicable legal requirements. 

Redefines &quot;plant&quot; to mean any wild member of the plant kingdom, including roots, seed, parts, and products thereof (but excluding common food crops and cultivars). 

action_date: 2008-09-24
text: 
Legal Timber Protection Act - Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to redefine &quot;plant&quot; 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 &quot;take&quot; 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. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 573.
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-882.
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-882.
action_date: 2007-11-07
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2007-11-07
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-11-07
text: Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans Discharged.
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E533)
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Introduced in House