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dangles
at Mon Jan 16 22:58:38 2012 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by dangles ]
this was not a legislative process, btw. it was not a bill submitted by congressmen and voted on.
it was a "rule making process" undertaken by the USFWS/USGS. they have a certain amount of latitude to create rules that then get applied to laws (such as the Lacey Act - as in this case) without any input from legislators. they have a few hoops to jump through to do it, but it's much easier to get things enacted that way. after the python bans died in congress, they opted for the "rule making process" to circumvent the political process.
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FYI this is not a "bill" - dangles, Mon Jan 16 22:58:38 2012