Inhumane Trapping Prevention Act
Latest action · Apr 20, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
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.
- IntroducedMar 26, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Inhumane Trapping Prevention Act - Makes it unlawful to: (1) import, export, or transport in interstate commerce conventional steel jawed leghold traps and articles of fur derived from animals trapped in such traps; or (2) sell or acquire such a trap transported in violation of such provision. Prescribes criminal penalties for violations.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to reward persons (other than government employees performing official duties) for information leading to a conviction under this Act.
Empowers enforcement officials to detain, search, and seize suspected containers or merchandise and any accompanying documents, to make arrests without warrants with probable cause, and to execute warrants. Subjects seized merchandise to forfeiture.
Cosponsors 44
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 26, 2007 to Oct 3, 2008; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Original | Mar 26, 2007 |
| R-CT | Christopher Shays | Original | Mar 26, 2007 |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Original | Mar 26, 2007 |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Original | Mar 26, 2007 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Mar 26, 2007 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Mar 26, 2007 |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Original | Mar 26, 2007 |
| D-NY | Gary L. Ackerman | Mar 28, 2007 | |
| D-CA | George Miller | Mar 28, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Brian Baird | Jun 12, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Jun 12, 2007 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Jul 18, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Jul 30, 2007 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Jul 30, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Rahm Emanuel | Sep 4, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Sep 10, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Sep 25, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Nov 1, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Nov 13, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Joe Sestak | Nov 13, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Nov 13, 2007 | |
| D-OR | David Wu | Nov 14, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Dec 4, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Dec 4, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Jan 15, 2008 | |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Jan 15, 2008 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Jan 15, 2008 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Jan 15, 2008 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Jan 22, 2008 | |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Jan 29, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Mar 6, 2008 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Mar 6, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Apr 14, 2008 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Jun 5, 2008 | |
| R-IL | Mark Kirk | Jun 5, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jun 10, 2008 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Jul 29, 2008 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Sep 16, 2008 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Sep 25, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Oct 2, 2008 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Oct 3, 2008 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Mar 26, 2007 |
| Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee | Referred Mar 27, 2007 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Mar 26, 2007 |
| Trade Subcommittee | Referred Apr 3, 2007 | |
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 26, 2007 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 26, 2007 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Apr 20, 2007 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 20, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Apr 3, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- Mar 27, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
- Mar 26, 2007Introduced in House
- Mar 26, 2007Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To end the use of conventional steel-jawed leghold traps on animals in the United States.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Inhumane Trapping Prevention Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Animals.
- Animals
- Arrest
- Commerce
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal justice information
- Export controls
- Fines (Penalties)
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Forfeiture
- Fur trade
- Government Operations and Politics
- Import restrictions
- Informers
- Interstate commerce
- Protection of animals
- Searches and seizures
- Sports and Recreation
- Trapping
- Warrants (Law)
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 26, 2007Introduced in House
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