Public Safety and Wildlife Protection Act
Latest action · Jun 29, 2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
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.
- IntroducedJun 22, 2016
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Public Safety and Wildlife Protection Act
This bill prohibits importing, exporting, delivering, carrying, transporting, selling, receiving, acquiring, or purchasing steel-jaw leghold traps or Conibear traps.
Steel-jaw leghold traps are certain spring-powered pan or sear-activated devices with steel jaws that are designed to snap closed on animals. Conibear traps consist of metal frames hinged at the center point and powered by two torsion springs that create a scissor-like action designed to kill animals by snapping their spinal columns. Both types of traps exclude cage or box traps, suitcase-type live beaver traps, or mouse or rat snap traps.
The bill establishes penalties for violating the prohibition on the traps.
The Department of the Interior must pay rewards for information that leads to a conviction of a violation of this bill, unless the information was provided by officers or employees of federal, state, or local governments while they were performing official duties.
Cosponsors 25
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 22, 2016 to Nov 16, 2016; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Original | Jun 22, 2016 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Jul 5, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Jul 5, 2016 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jul 5, 2016 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jul 5, 2016 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jul 7, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Jul 8, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jul 12, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Jul 12, 2016 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Jul 12, 2016 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Jul 14, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Sep 19, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Sep 21, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Sep 22, 2016 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Nov 16, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Nov 16, 2016 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Nov 16, 2016 |
Committees 3
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 Jun 22, 2016 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jun 22, 2016 |
| Trade Subcommittee | Referred Jun 29, 2016 | |
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Jun 22, 2016 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 29, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- Jun 22, 2016Introduced in House
- Jun 22, 2016Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
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 Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 100, June 22, 2016, page H4171.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1629 | Public Safety and Wildlife Protection Act | Reintroduced Bill | Mar 27, 2017 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To restrict the use of steel-jaw leghold traps and Conibear traps on animals in the United States.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Public Safety and Wildlife Protection Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Animals.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 22, 2016Introduced 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.
