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                               JULY 16, 2012 
 
                      RULES COMMITTEE PRINT 112-27 

                     TEXT OF H.R. 3210, RELIEF ACT 

        [Showing the text of H.R. 3210 as ordered reported by the 
                      Committee on Natural Resources] 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
2 This Act may be cited as the "Retailers and Enter3 
tainers Lacey Implementation and Enforcement Fairness 
4 Act" or the "RELIEF Act". 
5 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
6 Congress finds the following: 
7 (1) Amendments to the Lacey Act Amendments 
8 of 1981 were enacted as part of the Food, Conserva9 
tion, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 11010 
246). 
11 (2) The 2008 amendments were intended to 
12 level the playing field for American businesses en13 
gaged in the responsible harvest, shipment, manu14 
facture, and trade of plants and plant products 
15 whose prices had been undercut by a black market 
16 fueled by irresponsible and illegal taking of protected 
17 plants around the globe. 
18 (3) The 2008 amendments were overly broad 
19 and their enforcement as enacted could criminalize 



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