HR 3381 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

Protect America's Wildlife Act of 2009

Introduced Jul 29, 2009 Originated House Sponsor George Miller D-CA

Latest action · Aug 2, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.

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.

IntroducedJul 29, 2009
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Protect America's Wildlife Act of 2009 - Amends the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to impose criminal penalties on anyone who knowingly violates any regulation prohibiting the shooting or harassing of birds, fish, or other animals from aircraft (airborne hunting). Increases the monetary penalty for airborne hunting from $5,000 to $50,000. Expands the exceptions to the prohibition against airborne hunting to include enhancing the propagation and survival of wildlife or preventing the extinction of a species threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

Cosponsors 133

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 29, 2009 to May 18, 2010; 106 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-WA	Adam Smith	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-NJ	Albio Sires	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-PA	Allyson Y. Schwartz	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-NY	Anthony D. Weiner	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-MA	Barney Frank	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-MA	Bill Delahunt	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-CA	Bob Filner	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-NC	Brad Miller	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-CA	Brad Sherman	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-WA	Brian Baird	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-NH	Carol Shea-Porter	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-MI	Carolyn C. Kilpatrick	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-ME	Chellie Pingree	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen	Original	Jul 29, 2009
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-CT	Christopher Murphy	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-FL	Corrine Brown	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-IL	Danny K. Davis	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-NC	David E. Price	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-WI	David R. Obey	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-GA	David Scott	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-OR	David Wu	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-KS	Dennis Moore	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-CO	Diana DeGette	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-VI	Donna M. Christensen	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-AZ	Ed Pastor	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-MA	Edward J. Markey	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-NY	Eric J. J. Massa	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-CA	Fortney Pete Stark	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-AZ	Harry E. Mitchell	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-CA	Howard L. Berman	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-CA	Jackie Speier	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-MN	James L. Oberstar	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-VA	James P. Moran	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-RI	James R. Langevin	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-CA	Jane Harman	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-WA	Jay Inslee	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-CA	Jerry McNerney	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-WA	Jim McDermott	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-PA	Joe Sestak	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-MI	John D. Dingell	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-MA	John F. Tierney	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-NY	John J. Hall	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-GA	John Lewis	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-MA	John W. Olver	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-MN	Keith Ellison	Original	Jul 29, 2009
R-NJ	Leonard Lance	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-CA	Lois Capps	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-NM	Martin Heinrich	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-HI	Mazie K. Hirono	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-CA	Michael M. Honda	Original	Jul 29, 2009
R-DE	Michael N. Castle	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-IL	Mike Quigley	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-WA	Norman D. Dicks	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-RI	Patrick J. Kennedy	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-IL	Phil Hare	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-PA	Robert A. Brady	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-FL	Robert Wexler	Original	Jul 29, 2009
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-NJ	Rush Holt	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-CA	Sam Farr	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-MI	Sander M. Levin	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-NY	Steve Israel	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-CA	Susan A. Davis	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren	Original	Jul 29, 2009
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		Jul 31, 2009
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee		Jul 31, 2009
R-IL	Mark Kirk		Jul 31, 2009
D-NY	Paul Tonko		Jul 31, 2009
D-IA	Bruce L. Braley		Sep 14, 2009
R-WA	David G. Reichert		Sep 14, 2009
D-NY	Edolphus Towns		Sep 14, 2009
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		Sep 16, 2009
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop		Sep 17, 2009
D-NY	Michael E. McMahon		Sep 21, 2009
D-PA	Chaka Fattah		Oct 7, 2009
D-CA	Judy Chu		Oct 7, 2009
D-OH	Mary Jo Kilroy		Oct 7, 2009
D-NV	Shelley Berkley		Oct 7, 2009
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Oct 13, 2009
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Nov 5, 2009
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Nov 16, 2009
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Dec 1, 2009
D-CO	Jared Polis		Dec 2, 2009
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Dec 7, 2009
D-CA	Loretta Sanchez		Jan 20, 2010
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy		Feb 3, 2010
D-TX	Al Green		Feb 22, 2010
D-TX	Charles A. Gonzalez		Feb 22, 2010
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		Feb 25, 2010
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth		Apr 20, 2010
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		May 18, 2010

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 Jul 29, 2009
	Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Subcommittee	Referred Aug 2, 2009

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Aug 2, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
Jul 29, 2009Introduced in House
Jul 29, 2009Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2083-2084)
Jul 29, 2009Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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 E2083	George Miller D-CA	Jul 29, 2009

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1535	Protect America's Wildlife Act of 2009	Related bill	Jul 29, 2009

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to establish additional prohibitions on shooting wildlife from aircraft, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Protect America's Wildlife Act of 2009

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Animals.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jul 29, 2009Introduced in House

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