AMERICA COMPETES ACT (H.R.4521) – FEDS ATTACK SALTWATER REEF AQUARIUM HOBBY

Posted by on February 8, 2022 4:01 pm
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With H.R.4521 the “America Competes Act”, our saltwater reef aquarium hobby is under attack with a sneaky, last minute, dead of night insertion of text that amends the Lacey Act to effectively ban the importation of all species until they are placed on a federal white list. It also bans interstate travel of existing, in-country animals, between states. Read up on all these links below. Updated continually so keep checking back.

HR4521 AMERICA COMPETES ACT

The actual full text of the America Competes Act with Lacey Act amendments.

H.R.4521 – AMERICA COMPETES ACT – READ THE ACTUAL TEXT HERE – Page 167 or search for 71102 [PDF]

First BIG aquarium company comments on HR4521  – What does BRS think?

MASKED WRITER OPINES ON HR4521 AND LACEY AMENDMENTS – BEST SUMMARY YET?

Crazy mega-bill, HR4521 AMERICA COMPETES ACT bans all imports not on white-list and interstate travel

BILL PASSES HOUSE!

Best site for HR4521 updates – from our reptile hobbyist friends

WE DISCUSSED HR4521 ON LIVESTREAM WITH RICHARD ROSS, SEE IT HERE!

H.R. Rules Committee member Westerman spells out Lacey Amendments lunacy

Join the discussion on HR4521 on Reef2Reef