January 16, 2025
Mr. Case (for himself and Ms. Tokuda) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 by requiring preclearance quarantine inspections for all movement to or from the State of Hawaii by either domestic or international travel, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Hawaii Invasive Species Protection Act
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Sec. 2. Requiring preclearance quarantine inspections for all movement to or from the State of Hawaii
Section 10811 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8307 note) is amended to read as follows:
10811. Preclearance quarantine inspections
(a) Preclearance Inspections Required
The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of the Treasury, the government of Hawaii, and each of their respective quarantine, natural resource, conservation, and law enforcement agencies and officers, as appropriate, shall conduct visual, x-ray, and canine preclearance quarantine inspections of persons, baggage, cargo, and any other articles destined for direct movement to or from the State of Hawaii by either domestic or international travel for high-risk invasive species and agricultural materials.
(b) Inspection locations
The domestic preclearance quarantine inspections required by subsection (a) shall be conducted prior to direct travel to or from the State of Hawaii at all—
(1)
departure and interline airports;
(2)
ports of departure; and
(3)
destination sectional center facilities of the United States Postal Service.
(c) Invasive species and agricultural materials
The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and in consultation with the government of Hawaii, shall develop a list of items subject to inspection for purposes of screening pursuant to subsection (a).
(d) Publication in Federal Register
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Hawaii Invasive Species Protection Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and in cooperation with the government of Hawaii, shall publish in the Federal Register the list developed pursuant to subsection (c).
(e) Seizure and disposal
High-risk invasive species and agricultural material discovered under subsection (a) may be seized and disposed of in accordance with section 10407.
Sec. 3. Preclearance quarantine inspections for plants
Section 421(b) of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7731(b)) is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (1), by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: (including high-risk invasive species and agricultural materials into the State of Hawaii in accordance with section 10811(c) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8307(c) note)
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(2)
in paragraph (2), by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: (including high-risk invasive species and agricultural materials into the State of Hawaii in accordance with section 10811(c) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8307(c) note)
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(3)
in paragraph (3), by inserting before the period at the end the following: (including high-risk invasive species and agricultural materials into the State of Hawaii in accordance with section 10811(c) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8307(c) note)
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Sec. 4. Collection of fees for inspection services
Section 2509 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (21 U.S.C. 136a) is amended—
(1)
in subsection (a)(1)(A), by inserting including the cost of such services provided in connection with the arrival in Hawaii, with respect to screening for high-risk invasive species under section 10811 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8307 note),
after port in the customs territory of the United States,
; and
(2)
in subsection (c)(1), by inserting before the period at the end the following: , including with respect to screening conducted in connection with respect to the import, entry, and exportation to or from Hawaii of high-risk invasive species under section 10811 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8307 note)
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Sec. 5. Fees for inspection of plants for exporting or transiting
Section 102(f) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 7759(f)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
(3)
The Secretary of Agriculture shall prescribe and collect user fees sufficient to cover the full cost of preclearance quarantine inspections conducted under section 10811 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8307 note).