George Miller: “I rise in support of S. 2094. This is simply a good Government bill. It allows the Fish and Wildlife Service to auction…”

“I rise in support of S. 2094. This is simply a good Government bill. It allows the Fish and Wildlife Service to auction nonendangered wildlife products that have been confiscated by wildlife agents or the customs service for various reasons. The bill enables the proceeds of those sales to be used to cover the costs of shipping, storing, and disposing of confiscated wildlife products, and to facilitate the distribution of such products for educational or scientific purposes, or for Native American religious purposes. Sadly, each year millions of dollars in illegal wildlife products are confiscated at our borders. This bill takes these lemons and makes lemonade by allowing some of these products to be used to raise revenue to enhance wildlife awareness and education, as well as to pay the more mundane costs of administering confiscated goods. This is good legislation made better by the other body, whose amendment ensures that no products whose sale is otherwise prohibited by Federal law may be sold pursuant to this legislation.”