Targeting and Offsetting Existing Illegal Contaminants Act

Fact Sheet API

Bill Number

HR 9119

Introduced

Sep 30, 2022

Latest Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

Sponsor

Cosponsors

Topics

Crimes against animals and natural resources Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Forests, forestry, trees Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Land use and conservation Public Lands and Natural Resources

Full Text

View Full Bill Text

Votes

Summary

Targeting and Offsetting Existing Illegal Contaminants Act

This bill provides for a program within the Forest Service to identify, investigate, research, and remediate the environmental damage caused by trespass cultivation of cannabis on National Forest System lands and increases criminal penalties for illegal pesticide application on government property.

Specifically, the bill directs the Forest Service to carry out a program of environmental remediation on its land, to be known as the Trespass Cannabis Cultivation Site Restoration Program.

Actions

Oct 28, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Sep 30, 2022

Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and the Budget, 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.
Sep 30, 2022

Introduced in House

Amendments

Related Bills