End Palm Oil Deforestation Act
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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Nov 4, 2021
Last action Nov 30, 2021
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Actions timeline
Total actions
6
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Committee
4
Nov 30, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
lower
Nov 9, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
lower
Nov 5, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Nov 4, 2021
Committee
Referred 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.
lower
Nov 4, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
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1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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