End Palm Oil Deforestation Act
Latest action · Nov 30, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
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.
- IntroducedNov 4, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
End Palm Oil Deforestation Act
This bill modifies requirements for importing palm oil and makes other changes to address deforestation and other potential harms from cultivating and processing palm oil. For example, the bill (1) specifies that palm oil does not qualify for exclusions from importation requirements granted to common cultivars or common food crops, and (2) prohibits imported palm oil products from being treated as renewable fuel for purposes of the Renewable Fuel Program.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 7, 2022.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IN | André Carson | Mar 7, 2022 |
Committees 5
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Nov 4, 2021 |
| Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee | Referred Nov 30, 2021 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Nov 4, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Nov 5, 2021 | |
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Nov 4, 2021 |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Nov 4, 2021 |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Nov 4, 2021 |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Nov 9, 2021 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 30, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
- Nov 9, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
- Nov 5, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Nov 4, 2021Introduced in House
- Nov 4, 2021Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1197-1198)
- Nov 4, 2021Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, and Natural Resources, 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.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1197 | John Garamendi D-CA | Nov 4, 2021 |
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. 167, no. 194, November 4, 2021, page H6208.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To strengthen enforcement actions against unlawfully sourced palm oil and deforestation in developing countries, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- End Palm Oil Deforestation Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 4, 2021Introduced 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.
