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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · H.R. 7567 (Introduced in House) — To provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture throug... · Sec. 12405

Sec. 12405. Increasing transparency regarding detention of imported plants

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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, shall issue guidance to clarify the process by which an importer of plants that have been denied entry into the United States and detained under the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 ( 16 U.S.C. 3371 et seq. ) may obtain additional information on such denial and detention. The process referred to in subsection
(a)shall ensure that the Secretary shall provide to an importer described in such subsection, upon the detention of any plants of such importer, the following information: The specific reasons for which the detention of the plants was initiated, including the date on which the plants were presented to the Secretary for examination. The anticipated length of the detention of such plants. The nature of the tests or inquiries to be conducted on the plants, which the importer shall be able to replicate. The nature of any information that, if supplied to the Secretary, would accelerate the disposition of the detention.
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