HR 1472 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Don't Feed the Bears Act of 2003

Introduced Mar 27, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Elton Gallegly R-CA

Latest action · Jun 12, 2003 Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Progress

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IntroducedMar 27, 2003
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Don't Feed the Bears Act of 2003 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to enforce the National Parks System regulatory prohibitions against the feeding and baiting of wildlife on National Park System lands and in wildlife refuge areas, in particular the intentional feeding of bears for the purpose of enticing them to a particular area to be hunted (bear baiting).

Requires the Secretary of the Interior with respect to lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management, and the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to National Forest System lands, to adopt and enforce a regulation to prohibit individuals from intentionally feeding bears, including feeding for the purpose of bear baiting.

Cosponsors 166

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 27, 2003 to May 4, 2004; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-VA	James P. Moran	Original	Mar 27, 2003
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman		Mar 31, 2003
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Apr 2, 2003
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Apr 3, 2003
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett		Apr 3, 2003
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Apr 8, 2003
D-CA	George Miller		Apr 8, 2003
D-CA	Howard L. Berman		Apr 8, 2003
D-WA	Jay Inslee		Apr 8, 2003
D-WA	Norman D. Dicks		Apr 8, 2003
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		Apr 8, 2003
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Apr 8, 2003
D-MI	Sander M. Levin		Apr 8, 2003
R-CT	Christopher Shays		Apr 9, 2003
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Apr 11, 2003
D-IL	Jerry F. Costello		Apr 11, 2003
D-CA	Lois Capps		Apr 11, 2003
D-MA	Barney Frank		Apr 29, 2003
D-MA	Bill Delahunt		Apr 29, 2003
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman		Apr 29, 2003
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Apr 29, 2003
D-MA	John W. Olver		Apr 29, 2003
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey		Apr 29, 2003
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Apr 29, 2003
D-CA	Sam Farr		Apr 29, 2003
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette		Apr 29, 2003
R-KY	Ed Whitfield		Apr 30, 2003
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		Apr 30, 2003
D-CO	Mark Udall		Apr 30, 2003
D-NY	Michael R. McNulty		Apr 30, 2003
D-VI	Donna M. Christensen		May 1, 2003
D-MA	Edward J. Markey		May 1, 2003
D-AS	Eni F. H. Faleomavaega		May 1, 2003
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		May 1, 2003
R-AZ	Jim Kolbe		May 1, 2003
D-CA	Brad Sherman		May 6, 2003
D-NC	David E. Price		May 6, 2003
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		May 6, 2003
R-IA	James A. Leach		May 6, 2003
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		May 6, 2003
R-CO	Joel Hefley		May 6, 2003
R-GA	John Linder		May 6, 2003
R-NJ	Mike Ferguson		May 6, 2003
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		May 6, 2003
R-NE	Doug Bereuter		May 7, 2003
R-FL	Michael Bilirakis		May 7, 2003
R-CT	Rob Simmons		May 7, 2003
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		May 7, 2003
R-PA	Curt Weldon		May 9, 2003
D-WI	Gerald D. Kleczka		May 9, 2003
R-IL	Ray LaHood		May 9, 2003
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		May 9, 2003
R-VA	Frank R. Wolf		May 14, 2003
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		May 14, 2003
R-FL	Lincoln Diaz-Balart		May 14, 2003
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo		May 14, 2003
R-IN	Mark E. Souder		May 14, 2003
R-CT	Nancy L. Johnson		May 14, 2003
D-HI	Neil Abercrombie		May 15, 2003
R-PA	Phil English		May 19, 2003
D-NJ	Robert Menendez		May 19, 2003
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		May 20, 2003
D-OR	Darlene Hooley		May 20, 2003
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman		May 21, 2003
D-FL	Peter Deutsch		May 22, 2003
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin		May 22, 2003
D-OR	David Wu		Jun 2, 2003
D-CT	John B. Larson		Jun 2, 2003
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey		Jun 2, 2003
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Jun 2, 2003
D-OH	Sherrod Brown		Jun 2, 2003
R-OH	Steve Chabot		Jun 2, 2003
D-MD	Albert Russell Wynn		Jun 4, 2003
D-PR	Anibal Acevedo-Vila		Jun 4, 2003
D-WA	Brian Baird		Jun 4, 2003
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey		Jun 4, 2003
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Jun 4, 2003
D-TX	Solomon P. Ortiz		Jun 4, 2003
R-CA	Howard P. "Buck" McKeon		Jun 5, 2003
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Jun 11, 2003
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Jun 11, 2003
D-MD	Benjamin L. Cardin		Jun 11, 2003
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Jun 11, 2003
D-CA	Calvin M. Dooley		Jun 11, 2003
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Jun 11, 2003
D-MI	Carolyn C. Kilpatrick		Jun 11, 2003
D-PA	Chaka Fattah		Jun 11, 2003
D-TX	Charles A. Gonzalez		Jun 11, 2003
D-TX	Chris Bell		Jun 11, 2003
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen		Jun 11, 2003
D-TX	Ciro D. Rodriguez		Jun 11, 2003
D-FL	Corrine Brown		Jun 11, 2003
R-OH	Deborah Pryce		Jun 11, 2003
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne		Jun 11, 2003
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Jun 11, 2003
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Jun 11, 2003
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		Jun 11, 2003
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		Jun 11, 2003
D-CA	Hilda L. Solis		Jun 11, 2003
D-CA	Juanita Millender-McDonald		Jun 11, 2003
D-IN	Julia Carson		Jun 11, 2003
D-MO	Karen McCarthy		Jun 11, 2003
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Jun 11, 2003
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Jun 11, 2003
D-NY	Major R. Owens		Jun 11, 2003
R-CA	Mary Bono		Jun 11, 2003
R-GA	Max Burns		Jun 11, 2003
D-NC	Melvin L. Watt		Jun 11, 2003
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Jun 11, 2003
D-CA	Robert T. Matsui		Jun 11, 2003
D-FL	Robert Wexler		Jun 11, 2003
D-TX	Ruben Hinojosa		Jun 11, 2003
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Jun 11, 2003
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Jun 11, 2003
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop		Jun 11, 2003
D-LA	William J. Jefferson		Jun 11, 2003
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Jun 12, 2003
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Jun 12, 2003
D-NM	Tom Udall		Jun 12, 2003
D-IL	William O. Lipinski		Jun 12, 2003
R-NY	Amo Houghton		Jun 17, 2003
D-SC	James E. Clyburn		Jun 17, 2003
D-NJ	Rush Holt		Jun 17, 2003
D-CA	Bob Filner		Jun 23, 2003
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Jun 23, 2003
D-NY	Anthony D. Weiner		Jul 8, 2003
R-GA	Charles W. Norwood		Jul 8, 2003
R-FL	Dave Weldon		Jul 8, 2003
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich		Jul 8, 2003
R-IL	Henry J. Hyde		Jul 8, 2003
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Jul 8, 2003
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart		Jul 8, 2003
D-CA	Michael M. Honda		Jul 8, 2003
R-GA	Nathan Deal		Jul 8, 2003
R-FL	Porter J. Goss		Jul 8, 2003
R-LA	Richard H. Baker		Jul 8, 2003
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt		Jul 8, 2003
R-MS	Roger F. Wicker		Jul 8, 2003
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		Jul 8, 2003
D-NY	Steve Israel		Jul 8, 2003
R-NC	Sue Wilkins Myrick		Jul 8, 2003
R-VA	Tom Davis		Jul 8, 2003
R-NY	Vito Fossella		Jul 8, 2003
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy		Jul 9, 2003
R-GA	Jack Kingston		Jul 9, 2003
R-PA	James C. Greenwood		Jul 9, 2003
R-OH	Ralph Regula		Jul 9, 2003
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		Jul 9, 2003
D-CA	Tom Lantos		Jul 9, 2003
R-FL	E. Clay Shaw Jr.		Jul 10, 2003
D-CA	Ellen O. Tauscher		Jul 10, 2003
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Jul 10, 2003
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano		Jul 10, 2003
D-NC	Brad Miller		Jul 16, 2003
R-NY	John E. Sweeney		Jul 16, 2003
D-CA	Xavier Becerra		Jul 16, 2003
D-CA	Fortney Pete Stark		Jul 17, 2003
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews		Jul 21, 2003
D-CA	Jane Harman		Sep 3, 2003
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Sep 3, 2003
D-PA	Joseph M. Hoeffel		Sep 17, 2003
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Oct 28, 2003
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Nov 21, 2003
D-IN	Peter J. Visclosky		Jan 20, 2004
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.		Feb 25, 2004
D-IL	Lane Evans		May 4, 2004

Withdrew 26 Devin Nunes R-CA Jun 17, 2003·Paul E. Gillmor R-OH Jul 9, 2003·Dan Burton R-IN Jul 10, 2003·Steve King R-IA Jul 10, 2003·David Vitter R-LA Jul 14, 2003·Gary G. Miller R-CA Jul 14, 2003·J. Randy Forbes R-VA Jul 14, 2003·Jo Ann Davis R-VA Jul 14, 2003·Joe Baca D-CA Jul 14, 2003·John E. Peterson R-PA Jul 14, 2003·Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO Jul 14, 2003·Mac Collins R-GA Jul 15, 2003·Darrell Issa R-CA Jul 16, 2003·Jack Quinn R-NY Jul 16, 2003·John Sullivan R-OK Jul 16, 2003·Shelley Moore Capito R-WV Jul 16, 2003·Steve Buyer R-IN Jul 16, 2003·Terry Everett R-AL Jul 16, 2003·Jerry Weller R-IL Jul 17, 2003·Melissa A. Hart R-PA Jul 17, 2003·Mike Pence R-IN Jul 17, 2003·Rob Portman R-OH Jul 17, 2003·Johnny Isakson R-GA Jul 18, 2003·Jerry Lewis R-CA Jul 21, 2003·Joseph R. Pitts R-PA Jul 22, 2003·Zach Wamp R-TN Sep 10, 2003

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Natural Resources Committee	Referred Mar 27, 2003
	Federal Lands Subcommittee	Referred Mar 31, 2003
	Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee	Referred Mar 31, 2003Hearings Jun 12, 2003
	Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee	Referred Mar 31, 2003

Actions 7

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 12, 2003Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 31, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
Mar 31, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
Mar 31, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Mar 31, 2003Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Interior.

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In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Extensions	Debate and remarks E1437	Don Young R-AK	Jul 9, 2003

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 108-25	H.R. 1006 and H.R. 1472121 pages	Natural Resources Committee	Jun 12, 2003

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To require the adoption and enforcement of regulations to prohibit the intentional feeding of bears on Federal public lands in order to end the hunting practice known as "bear baiting" and reduce the number of dangerous interactions between people and bears.
Short Titles as Introduced: Don't Feed the Bears Act of 2003

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 27, 2003Introduced in House

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