S. 5278 — Introduced in Senate

II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5278 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 15, 2022Mrs. Gillibrand introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry A BILL To amend the Plant Protection Act to require the publication of information on violations of wood packaging material regulations, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Transparency in Invasive Pests on Pallets Improvement Act of 2022 or the TIPPI Act of 2022. 2. Publication of information on violations of wood packaging material regulations Subtitle C of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 439. Publication of information on violations of wood packaging material regulations (a) In general Beginning on January 1, 2024, the Secretary shall make publicly available on the website of the Department of Agriculture information on each violation of the regulations on wood packaging material (including solid wood pallets, crates, spools and other packaging, and solid wood dunnage) under subpart I of part 319 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), with respect to cargo entering the United States. (b) Contents The information made publicly available under subsection (a) shall include, for each violation— (1) the date of the violation; (2) the type of violation; (3) the type of insect found if the violation is an insect infestation; (4) the type of wood packaging material; (5) information from the International Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures No. 15 mark on the wood packaging material (including country, facility number, and treatment type); (6) the port of entry of the wood packaging material containing the commodity being shipped; (7) the country of origin of shipment of the wood packaging material containing the commodity being shipped; and (8) the commodity shipped in the wood packaging material. (c) Effect Nothing in this section establishes a cause of action against the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service relating to the publication of information pursuant to this section. .