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H.R.1497

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Legal Timber Protection Act

To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to extend its protections to plants illegally harvested outside of the United States, and for other purposes.

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3/13/2007--Introduced.
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, harveste... moreSee Full Bill Text

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November 15, 2007 USA. NMMA praises by legislators work to combat illegal logging ...

The US House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee voted on November 7 to approve HR 1497, the Legal Timber Protection Act, after an ‘innocent ...

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November 13, 2007 News From USW: United Steelworkers Commend Congressional Committee ...

The bill, HR 1497 would amend the Lacey Act to ban the importation of logs and other plants that have been harvested in violation of local, national and ...

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Source: Business Wire (press release), CA


November 12, 2007 Breathe Mother Nature, Breathe:

Now the ‘Legal Timber Protection Act’ HR 1497 is before Congress. This bill if passed would put illegal timber imports under the protection of the Lacey Act ...

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March 03, 2008 zz The Need to Cut China's Illegal Timber Imports

Environmental Investigation Agency, No Questions Asked (EIA, Washington, DC, 2007); www.eia-global.org/noquestionsasked_web.pdf; HR 1497-110th Congress (2007): Legal Timber Protection Act, GovTrack.us (database of federal legislation); ...

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January 10, 2008 Logging

A bipartisan bill – the Legal Timber Protection Act (HR 1497) – is now pending in the US House of Representatives. The bill would put trees and plants under the protective umbrella of the time-tested Lacey Act that shields America from ...

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January 01, 2008 Greenpeace - Take Action - Cut Out Illegal Logging

A bipartisan bill – the Legal Timber Protection Act (HR 1497),is now pending in the US House of Representatives.The bill would put trees and plants under the protective umbrella of the time-tested Lacey Act that shields America from ...

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