A bill to amend the Federal Noxious Weed Act of 1974 and the Terminal Inspection Act to improve the exclusion, eradication, and control of noxious weeds and plants, plant products, plant pests, animals, and other organisms within and into the United States, and for other purposes.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Noxious Weeds
Title II: State Terminal Inspection
Federal Noxious Weed Control Improvement Act of 1995 - Title I: Noxious Weeds - Amends the Federal Noxious Weed Act of 1974 to retitle such Act as the Foreign and Federal Noxious Weed Act.
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to maintain a Federal noxious weed list. States that listings shall be made by regulation (including private party petitions for inclusion or removal) or by temporary emergency designation.
Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) a classification system and integrated management plan for foreign and Federal noxious weeds; and (2) a Noxious Weed Technical Advisory Panel.
Increases monetary penalties for violations of such Act.
Requires each Federal agency to develop an undesirable plant management plan and designate a coordinating office to control such plants on lands under its jurisdiction. Authorizes appropriations.
Title II: State Terminal Inspection - Amends the Terminal Inspection Act to include animals and other organisms in the scope of inspections under such Act.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5422)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
checking server…
Ask anything about this bill. The AI reads the full text to answer.
Enter to send · Shift+Enter for new line