Yellowstone Buffalo Preservation Act
Latest action · May 23, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 18, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Yellowstone Buffalo Preservation Act - Prohibits any federal or state government agent from: (1) killing, hazing, or capturing any buffalo on federal land or land held under federal conservation easements; or (2) using any form of bait to lure buffalo from any federal land onto private land until specified duties are accomplished by the Secretary of the Interior and certain other federal agencies. Provides exceptions for: (1) legally-authorized, state-managed buffalo hunts; (2) hazing if a person is physically endangered or property is damaged; (3) National Park Service employees moving buffalo to address physical public safety threats; and (4) certain non-lethal federal research. Establishes criminal penalties and fines for violations of this Act.
Sets forth duties of the the Secretary relating to grazing and other matters affecting the Yellowstone buffalo herd that must be accomplished within three years after the enactment of this Act.
Cosponsors 36
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 18, 2005 to Jun 28, 2006, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NH | Charles F. Bass | Original | May 18, 2005 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jun 22, 2005 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Jun 22, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Jun 22, 2005 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Jun 22, 2005 | |
| R-CT | Christopher Shays | Jun 22, 2005 | |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Jun 22, 2005 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Jun 22, 2005 | |
| D-CA | George Miller | Jun 22, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jun 22, 2005 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Jun 22, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Jun 22, 2005 | |
| R-IL | Mark Kirk | Jun 22, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Jun 22, 2005 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jun 22, 2005 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 23, 2005Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
- May 23, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
- May 23, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
- May 23, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
- May 18, 2005Introduced in House
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Agriculture and Food
- Animal diseases
- Animals
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Conservation easements
- Cost effectiveness
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Economics and Public Finance
- Environmental Protection
- Epidemiology
- Fines (Penalties)
- Governmental investigations
- Grazing
- Health
- Idaho
- Indian lands
- Informers
- Land transfers
- Landowners
- Law
- Leases
- Licenses
- Livestock
- Minorities
- Montana
- National parks
- Native Americans
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Recidivists
- Relocation
- Restoration ecology
- Vaccination
- Vaccines
- Veterinary medicine
- Wildlife conservation
- Wyoming
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 18, 2005Introduced in House
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