PLANT Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7540
Sponsor: Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1]
Introduced: 2020-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Alternative and renewable resources
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Aquatic ecology
Coal
Congressional oversight
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Crimes against property
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Ecology
Energy revenues and royalties
Federal-Indian relations
Firearms and explosives
Forests, forestry, trees
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government trust funds
Horticulture and plants
Indian lands and resources rights
Intergovernmental relations
Lakes and rivers
Land use and conservation
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation
Soil pollution
Solid waste and recycling
State and local government operations
U.S. Sentencing Commission
Water quality
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: 

Protecting Lands Against Narcotics Trafficking Act of 2020 or the PLANT Act of 2020
 
 
This bill enhances criminal penalties for illegally producing controlled substances on federal property in a manner that causes environmental damage, establishes a fund to facilitate the recovery of lands and water damaged by illegal marijuana cultivation activities, and establishes the Public Lands Eradication and Remediation Partnership to coordinate activities to remediate lands affected by illegal marijuana cultivation or associated illegal activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Introduced in House