Re-read it. This is what it will require to get a species on the "preliminary" "white" list. They won't just add hundreds/thousands of species to that list. That's just not the way this is going to work.

(B) INFORMATION REQUIRED- Any proposal under this paragraph must include sufficient scientific and commercial information to allow the Secretary to evaluate whether the proposed nonnative wildlife species is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to other animal species’ or human health.

In Texas a few years ago the state proposed a "white list" of approved species for commercial sale. They got it approved then, later, they came back and "snuck" in a black list that had EVERY
reptile and non-game mammal not on the white list on it. They even black listed non-native corn snakes and pet mice accidentally. No one in Texas keeps or commercializes any Cotton Rats in Texas and yet the state went out of their way to include them and every other rodent on the black list.

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• FED HEARING APRIL 23 ON NONNATIVE BAN - jeffb, Tue Mar 31 18:34:09 2009
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• NOT A JOKE - VERY REAL! - jeffb, Tue Mar 31 20:34:47 2009
• PIJAC PET ALERT on H.R.669 - Text Ver. - jeffb, Tue Mar 31 20:22:14 2009
• RE: PIJAC PET ALERT on H.R.669 - Text Ver. - jscrick, Tue Mar 31 23:45:16 2009
• RE: PIJAC PET ALERT on H.R.669 - Text Ver. - USARK, Wed Apr 1 08:22:50 2009
• I believe I said as much? - jscrick, Wed Apr 1 14:41:48 2009
• My take on the fix to this. - b_rickard, Wed Apr 1 14:52:18 2009
• Committee on Natural Resources - b_rickard, Wed Apr 1 15:01:08 2009
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• Direct link to the committee - b_rickard, Wed Apr 1 15:07:12 2009
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• RE: PIJAC PET ALERT on H.R.669 - Text Ver. - runswithturtles, Sat Apr 4 19:02:57 2009
• April 23rd Date Tentative...... - USARK, Wed Apr 1 10:23:21 2009
• RE: FED HEARING APRIL 23 ON NONNATIVE BAN - sschind, Thu Apr 2 10:21:30 2009
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• RE: FED HEARING APRIL 23 ON NONNATIVE BAN - jeffb, Thu Apr 2 11:28:39 2009
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• RE: FED HEARING APRIL 23 ON NONNATIVE BAN - jeffb, Thu Apr 2 15:42:21 2009
• It's simple - brhaco, Thu Apr 2 18:35:01 2009
• RE: It's simple - natsamjosh, Thu Apr 2 22:21:15 2009
• RE: It's simple - sschind, Fri Apr 3 08:38:23 2009
• I can only refer you - brhaco, Fri Apr 3 12:58:53 2009
• RE: FED HEARING APRIL 23 ON NONNATIVE BAN - wstreps, Thu Apr 2 17:05:56 2009
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• Do it! - boaphile, Sat Apr 4 20:05:05 2009
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