Targeting and Offsetting Existing Illegal Contaminants Act
The Targeting and Offsetting Existing Illegal Contaminants Act creates a program to clean up environmental contamination from illegal cannabis cultivation on federal lands managed by the Forest Service. It authorizes $250 million over fiscal years 2024-2033 to detect, assess, and remediate hazardous substances, pollutants, and improper pesticides left behind by illegal operations. The program requires the Department of Agriculture to work with state, tribal, and nonprofit organizations to address contamination while following existing environmental laws like CERCLA. The bill also increases criminal penalties for illegal pesticide use during cannabis cultivation, with fines up to $250,000 or 20 years in prison for violations on public lands.
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in committee
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Introduction
Mar 2023
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Introduced Mar 8, 2023
Last action Apr 19, 2023
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Apr 19, 2023
House · Referred to committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
Mar 23, 2023
House · Reported by committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 22, 2023
House · Referred to committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Mar 8, 2023
House · Referred to committee
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.
Mar 8, 2023
House · Introduced
Introduced in House
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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