US Congress House Bill 979 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 41-21)
Status: Introduced on March 6 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-03-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Forest Products Fairness Act of 2013 - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to include in the definition of "biobased product" forest products that meet biobased content requirements, notwithstanding the market share the product holds, the product's age, or whether the market for the product is new or emerging. Defines "forest product" as a product made from materials derived from the practice of forestry or the management of growing timber, including: (1) pulp, paper, paperboard, pellets, and wood products; and (2) any recycled products derived from forest materials.

Forest Products Fairness Act of 2013

Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Robert Aderholt [R-AL]	Rep. Spencer Bachus [R-AL]	Rep. John Barrow [D-GA]
Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]
Rep. Jo Bonner [R-AL]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Sen. Tom Cotton [R-AR]	Rep. Eric Crawford [R-AR]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Jeff Denham [R-CA]	Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC]
Rep. John Fleming [R-LA]	Rep. Virginia Foxx [R-NC]	Rep. Bob Gibbs [R-OH]	Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]
Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]	Rep. Tom Graves [R-GA]	Rep. Tim Griffin [R-AR]	Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]
Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]	Rep. Robert Hurt [R-VA]
Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]
Rep. Raul Labrador [R-ID]	Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Sen. Cynthia Lummis [R-WY]
Rep. Jim Matheson [D-UT]	Rep. Mike McIntyre [D-NC]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. Kristi Noem [R-SD]
Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Alan Nunnelee [R-MS]	Rep. William Owens [D-NY]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI]	Rep. Tom Rice [R-SC]	Rep. Martha Roby [R-AL]	Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]
Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]
Rep. Steve Southerland [R-FL]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]	Rep. Steve Womack [R-AR]	Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]
Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Sen. Todd Young [R-IN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
2013-03-06	House	Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

SB463 (Same As) 2013-03-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
HB1947 (Related) 2013-06-20 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/979/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr979/BILLS-113hr979ih.pdf