3.0.0 1497 2023-01-11T19:52:13Z 2023-01-11T19:52:13Z House H HR 2007-03-13 110 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii15 Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Discharged from 2007-11-07T14:58:43Z Hearings by 2007-10-16T15:24:56Z Referred to 2007-03-16T21:48:31Z Reported by 2008-09-24T21:06:12Z Markup by 2007-11-07T15:06:50Z Referred to 2007-03-13T14:30:52Z H. Rept. 110-882 2008-09-24 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 573. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00573 2008-09-24 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-882. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2008-09-24 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-882. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2007-11-07 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. Committee 2007-11-07 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2007-11-07 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans Discharged. Committee 2007-10-16 hsii15 Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2007-03-16 hsii15 Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans. Committee 2007-03-13 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2007-03-13 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E533) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B000574 Rep. 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Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5] HAROLD ROGERS R KY 5 2008-02-07 False I000023 Rep. Inglis, Bob [R-SC-4] BOB INGLIS R SC 4 2008-02-26 False S001169 Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7] Joe Sestak D PA 7 2008-02-26 False K000365 Rep. Kagen, Steve [D-WI-8] Steve Kagen D WI 8 2008-04-02 False E000288 Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] Keith Ellison D MN 5 2008-04-02 False 2007-11-30T06:00:00Z H.R. 1497, Legal Timber Protection Act http://www.cbo.gov/publication/19369 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 7, 2007</p> 2007-11-30T06:00:00Z H.R. 1497, Legal Timber Protection Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19369 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 7, 2007 Public Lands and Natural Resources 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 Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2007-03-13 Introduced in House 2007-05-12T13:56:31Z 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 "plant" to mean any wild member of the plant kingdom, including roots, seed, parts, and products thereof (but excluding common food crops and cultivars).

]]> 17 2008-09-24 Reported to House with amendment(s) 2009-01-24T17:33:39Z 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.

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