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119-s-2804119th CongressWALLET

Strengthen Wood Products Supply Chain Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Senator Ricketts, Pete [R-NE]

Introduced

Summary

Timelines and transparency for detained plant imports. This bill would set deadlines and require clear notices and test disclosure when the Fish and Wildlife Service holds plants on suspicion of violating the Lacey Act.

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  • Importers would get either a release or a detailed detention notice within 5 days and a final admissibility decision within 30 days. They could move detained plants to private storage under bond within 10 days if they pay required fees and meet paperwork, and they could protest decisions and seek court review under existing rules.
  • The Service would have to provide results of any tests, enough information to replicate those tests, and accompanying documentation to the importer.
  • Detention notices would have to explain the reasons for detention, anticipated length, tests or inquiries planned, and what information would speed release. The Secretary would have to issue implementing regulations within 180 days of enactment.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Faster deadlines for detained plant imports

If enacted, this would make the Interior Department act faster when CBP sends plants for inspection on Lacey Act suspicion. Within 5 days (excluding weekends and Federal holidays) the Secretary would release the plants or give a written detention notice listing reasons, tests, and the presentation date. If detained, you could ask to move the plants for storage within 10 days if you pay demurrage and storage, post a removal bond, follow 19 C.F.R. 151.7–151.11, and the Secretary agrees moving won’t frustrate the Lacey Act. The Secretary would have to decide admissibility within 30 days after presentation; missing that deadline would be treated as an exclusion or a redelivery demand under customs laws. The Secretary would also have to give test results and enough testing detail so importers could replicate tests. Rules to implement this would be written within 180 days after enactment.

Importer protest and court review rights

If enacted, importers could protest the Secretary’s decision to exclude detained plants. The Secretary would have to decide the protest within 30 days and either release the plants or deny the protest. Importers could still ask a court for review under existing rules in 50 C.F.R. part 12.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Ricketts, Pete [R-NE]

NE • R

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-AL]

    AL • R

    Sponsored 9/15/2025

  • Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]

    MS • R

    Sponsored 9/15/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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