3.0.0 2346 2019-11-15T21:44:56Z 2019-11-15T21:44:56Z Senate S S 2012-04-25 112 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-04-25T16:12:21Z Forest Products Fairness Act of 2012 112 5873 HR 2012-06-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry. Related bill CRS 2012-04-25 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2012-04-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000590 Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] Mark Pryor D AR Lunsford N B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO 2012-04-25 True B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2012-05-08 False M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2012-06-11 False L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2012-06-11 False C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2012-09-10 False Agriculture and Food Agricultural practices and innovations Alternative and renewable resources Energy research Forests, forestry, trees Research and development Solid waste and recycling Agriculture and Food 00 2012-04-25 Introduced in Senate 2012-06-05T20:20:55Z Forest Products Fairness Act of 2012 - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to redefine "biobased product" as a commercial or industrial product (other than food or feed) that is composed, in whole or in significant part, of biological products, including renewable domestic agricultural materials and forestry materials, or an intermediate ingredient or feedstock.

Includes within such definition forest products that meet biobased content requirements, notwithstanding market maturity.

Defines "forest product" as a product made from materials derived from the practice of forestry or the management of growing timber, and includes: (1) pulp, paper, paperboard, pellets, and wood products; and (2) any recycled products derived from forest materials.

]]> Forest Products Fairness Act of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced Forest Products Fairness Act of 2012 Display Title Forest Products Fairness Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to modify the definition of the term "biobased product". Introduced in Senate 2012-04-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s2346is/xml/BILLS-112s2346is.xml 2012-04-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.