PLANT Act of 2020
Latest action · Sep 3, 2020 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 9, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protecting Lands Against Narcotics Trafficking Act of 2020 or the PLANT Act of 2020
This bill enhances criminal penalties for illegally producing controlled substances on federal property in a manner that causes environmental damage, establishes a fund to facilitate the recovery of lands and water damaged by illegal marijuana cultivation activities, and establishes the Public Lands Eradication and Remediation Partnership to coordinate activities to remediate lands affected by illegal marijuana cultivation or associated illegal activities.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 9, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CO | Doug Lamborn | Original | Jul 9, 2020 |
| R-KY | Harold Rogers | Original | Jul 9, 2020 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Jul 9, 2020 |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Original | Jul 9, 2020 |
| D-CA | Tj Cox | Original | Jul 9, 2020 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jul 9, 2020 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jul 9, 2020 |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jul 9, 2020 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Aug 5, 2020 | |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Aug 5, 2020 | |
| Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Aug 5, 2020 | |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Jul 9, 2020 |
| Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee | Referred Sep 3, 2020 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 3, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
- Aug 5, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
- Aug 5, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
- Aug 5, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
- Jul 9, 2020Introduced in House
- Jul 9, 2020Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 124, July 9, 2020, page H3077.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To impose enhanced penalties for conduct relating to unlawful production of a controlled substance on Federal property or while intentionally trespassing on the property of another that causes environmental damage, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- PLANT Act of 2020
- Protecting Lands Against Narcotics Trafficking Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Agricultural conservation and pollution
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Animal protection and human-animal relationships
- Aquatic ecology
- Coal
- Congressional oversight
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Crimes against animals and natural resources
- Crimes against property
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Ecology
- Energy revenues and royalties
- Federal-Indian relations
- Firearms and explosives
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government trust funds
- Horticulture and plants
- Indian lands and resources rights
- Intergovernmental relations
- Lakes and rivers
- Land use and conservation
- Marine pollution
- Oil and gas
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public-private cooperation
- Soil pollution
- Solid waste and recycling
- State and local government operations
- U.S. Sentencing Commission
- Water quality
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 9, 2020Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
