Bear Protection Act of 2008
Latest action · Mar 11, 2008 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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 5, 2008
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Bear Protection Act of 2008 - Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to make it unlawful for any person to import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce bear viscera. Defines "bear viscera" as the body fluids or internal organs of a bear, including its gallbladder and excluding its blood or brains.
Provides that this Act does not affect the regulation by any state of its bear populations or affect the hunting of bears that is lawful under state laws.
Cosponsors 73
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 10, 2008 to Sep 22, 2008.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OH | Betty Sutton | Mar 10, 2008 | |
| R-CA | John Campbell | Mar 10, 2008 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Mar 11, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Mar 12, 2008 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Mar 13, 2008 | |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | Mar 13, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Mar 14, 2008 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Mar 14, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Apr 2, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Apr 2, 2008 | |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Apr 2, 2008 | |
| R-CA | Elton Gallegly | Apr 2, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Apr 8, 2008 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Apr 8, 2008 | |
| R-KY | Ed Whitfield | Apr 8, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Apr 9, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Apr 9, 2008 | |
| R-NJ | Mike Ferguson | Apr 9, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Apr 9, 2008 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Apr 10, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Apr 10, 2008 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Apr 14, 2008 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Apr 14, 2008 | |
| R-CA | Edward R. Royce | Apr 16, 2008 | |
| D-AS | Eni F. H. Faleomavaega | Apr 16, 2008 | |
| R-KY | Harold Rogers | Apr 16, 2008 | |
| R-NE | Jeff Fortenberry | Apr 16, 2008 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Apr 16, 2008 | |
| R-CA | Mary Bono | Apr 16, 2008 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Apr 16, 2008 | |
| R-CA | Brian P. Bilbray | Apr 17, 2008 | |
| R-CA | Dana Rohrabacher | Apr 17, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Apr 17, 2008 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Apr 17, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Apr 17, 2008 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Apr 17, 2008 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Apr 17, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Apr 22, 2008 | |
| R-DE | Michael N. Castle | Apr 22, 2008 | |
| D-MO | Russ Carnahan | Apr 22, 2008 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Apr 22, 2008 | |
| D-IA | Bruce L. Braley | Apr 23, 2008 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Apr 23, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Apr 23, 2008 | |
| D-WA | Jay Inslee | Apr 23, 2008 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Apr 23, 2008 | |
| D-CA | George Miller | Apr 24, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Apr 24, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Apr 30, 2008 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | May 1, 2008 | |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | May 1, 2008 | |
| R-CT | Christopher Shays | May 5, 2008 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | May 7, 2008 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | May 8, 2008 | |
| R-PA | Todd Russell Platts | May 8, 2008 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | May 12, 2008 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | May 12, 2008 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | May 13, 2008 | |
| D-PA | Patrick J. Murphy | May 14, 2008 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jun 3, 2008 | |
| D-WA | Brian Baird | Jun 18, 2008 | |
| R-IL | Mark Kirk | Jun 19, 2008 | |
| R-MD | Roscoe G. Bartlett | Jun 19, 2008 | |
| R-VA | Tom Davis | Jun 19, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Laura Richardson | Jun 24, 2008 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Jun 24, 2008 | |
| R-NJ | Rodney P. Frelinghuysen | Jun 24, 2008 | |
| R-NJ | Jim Saxton | Jun 25, 2008 | |
| R-MD | Wayne T. Gilchrest | Jun 25, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Jul 16, 2008 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jul 30, 2008 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Sep 22, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | Sep 22, 2008 |
Withdrew 3 Dan Burton R-IN Apr 29, 2008·Mary Fallin R-OK Apr 30, 2008·Rodney Alexander R-LA May 14, 2008
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 5, 2008 |
| Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee | Referred Mar 6, 2008Hearings Mar 11, 2008 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 11, 2008Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Mar 6, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
- Mar 5, 2008Introduced in House
- Mar 5, 2008Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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. 110-63 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 2964, CAPTIVE PRIMATE SAFETY ACT; AND H.R. 5534, BEAR PROTECTION ACT OF 2008.86 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Mar 11, 2008 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3029 | Bear Protection Act of 2007 | Text similarities | Jul 17, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to extend its protections to bears illegally harvested for their viscera in the same manner as with respect to prohibited wildlife species, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Bear Protection Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Animals.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 5, 2008Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
