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H.R. 1497: Legal Timber Protection Act

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H.R. 1497: Legal Timber Protection Act

110th Congress · introduced 2007-03-13 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 573.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2007-03-13 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 573. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Legal Timber Protection Act

Plain summary

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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Official text

Legal Timber Protection Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House with amendment(s))

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] · 67 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1497, Legal Timber Protection Act (2007-11-30); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1497, Legal Timber Protection Act (2007-11-30)

Cosponsors on this site

Betty McCollum (D-MN), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and 7 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong110-hr1497 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110