Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act
Latest action · Nov 19, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedNov 15, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act - Amends the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to prohibit the use or possession of body-gripping traps in the National Wildlife Refuge System.
Imposes on persons who possess or use such traps in the System: (1) for a first offense, a civil fine of up to $500 for each body-gripping trap possessed or used; and (2) for subsequent offenses, a civil fine of up to $1,000 for each body-gripping trap possessed or used, imprisonment for up to 180 days, or both such a civil fine and imprisonment.
Subjects to civil forfeiture any body-gripping traps that are possessed or used in violation of this Act, and any wildlife captured by the use of such traps, including the pelts and raw fur.
Requires persons found to be in violation of such prohibition to pay all associated court costs.
Cosponsors 25
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 15, 2013 to Nov 14, 2014; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Original | Nov 15, 2013 |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Original | Nov 15, 2013 |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Original | Nov 15, 2013 |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Original | Nov 15, 2013 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Nov 15, 2013 |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Original | Nov 15, 2013 |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Dec 3, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Dec 3, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Jan 13, 2014 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jan 27, 2014 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Jan 27, 2014 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jan 27, 2014 | |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | Jan 27, 2014 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Jan 27, 2014 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Jan 27, 2014 |
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 Nov 15, 2013 |
| Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Nov 19, 2013 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 19, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
- Nov 15, 2013Introduced in House
- Nov 15, 2013Referred 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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H7152.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To end the use of body-gripping traps in the National Wildlife Refuge System.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 15, 2013Introduced in House
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