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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DustyD" data-source="post: 209399" data-attributes="member: 36911">Hmm, it’s not just Biden. Does this sound familiar?<h4>MAR 10 2021</h4>Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) introduced the Lacey Act Amendments of 2021 to address oversights in existing legal authority to prevent the importation of invasive species.  The legislation would correct the negative impacts of a 2017 D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that diminished the ability of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to manage the establishment and spread of invasive species in the United States. The bill would also grant authority for emergency designation of species that pose an imminent threat, and authority to prohibit importation of wildlife species not yet in trade until they have been assessed for injuriousness.  Limiting the importation of not-previously-traded species before they have been assessed for invasiveness, and restricting the transport of known invasive species in interstate commerce, are two essential tools to slow the increased pressure from invasive species that already strain the response capabilities of both federal and state governments, and burden local economies.</blockquote>