Strengthen Wood Products Supply Chain Act of 2025

This bill sets deadlines and rules for how the Department of the Interior, through the Fish and Wildlife Service, handles imported plants and wood products held on suspicion of violating the Lacey Act. Within 5 business days after customs presents the plants for examination, the agency must either release them or give the importer a written notice of detention explaining the reasons, expected length, and planned tests. The agency must share test results with importers and, under certain conditions, allow detained plants to be moved to outside storage under bond. It must make a final decision within 30 days, or the plants are treated as excluded, and importers may protest that decision or go to court.

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Sponsors

• Pete Ricketts Republican sponsor
• 2 cosponsors