Full Committee Hearing: Subcomittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Legislative Hearing

Date: Thursday, February 27, 2014 Time: 01:30 PM

WHAT: Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Legislative Hearing on:

  • H.R. 3105 (Crawford),? To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to exempt from such Act animals accidentally included in shipments of aquatic species produced in commercial aquaculture, and for other purposes. "Aquaculture Risk Reduction Act"
  • H.R. 3280 (Fleming), To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to limit the application of such Act to certain imported plants and finished plant products, and for other purposes. "Lacey Act Clarifying Amendments Act"
  • H.R. 3324 (Harris), To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to reduce burdensome paperwork, and for other purposes. "The Lacey Act Paperwork Reduction Act"
  • H.R. 4032 (Hall), To exempt from Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 certain water transfers by the North Texas Municipal Water District and the Greater Texoma Utility Authority, and for other purposes. "North Texas Invasive Species Barrier Act"

WHERE: 1334 Longworth House Office Building, US Capitol Complex, Washington DC
WHEN: 1:30PM, Thursday, February 27, 2014                           

WITNESSES:

Panel I:

Mr. William C. Woody
Chief
Office of Law Enforcement
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Mr. Michael Watson
Executive Director of Plant Health Programs
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Panel II:

Mr. Andy Buchsbaum
Regional Executive Director
Great Lakes Region
National Wildlife Federation

Mr. Harrison Pittman
Director of the Natural Agriculture Law Center,
University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture

Mr. Mike Freeze
President
National Aquaculture Association

Mr. Tom Talbot
CEO and Founder
Glen Oak Lumber and Milling

Mr. Erik O. Autor
President and CEO
Autor Global Strategies
Testifying on Behalf of Lacey Act Coalition

Mr. Michael Rickman
Deputy Executive Director
North Texas Municipal Water District