Public Safety and Wildlife Protection Act
Latest action · Mar 27, 2017 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.
- IntroducedMar 20, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Public Safety and Wildlife Protection Act
This bill bans steel-jaw leghold traps and Conibear traps.
Steel-jaw leghold traps are certain spring-powered 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 an animal by snapping its spine. Cage traps, box traps, suitcase-type live beaver traps, and mouse or rat snap traps are not included in the ban.
The bill establishes penalties for violating this ban.
The Department of the Interior must pay a reward for information that leads to a conviction of a violation of this bill, unless the information was provided by on duty officers or employees of federal, state, or local governments. The reward must be 50% of the fine paid.
Cosponsors 15
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 20, 2017 to Feb 2, 2018; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Original | Mar 20, 2017 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Mar 30, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Apr 25, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Apr 25, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Apr 25, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Apr 27, 2017 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Apr 27, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Apr 27, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Apr 27, 2017 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | May 1, 2017 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | May 16, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | May 16, 2017 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jun 26, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Jul 24, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Feb 2, 2018 |
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 Mar 20, 2017 |
| Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee | Referred Mar 24, 2017 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Mar 20, 2017 |
| Trade Subcommittee | Referred Mar 27, 2017 | |
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 20, 2017 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 27, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- Mar 24, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
- Mar 20, 2017Introduced in House
- Mar 20, 2017Referred 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. 163, no. 48, March 20, 2017, page H2240.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5560 | Public Safety and Wildlife Protection Act | Reintroduction of | Jun 29, 2016 |
| HR 8828 | Public Safety and Wildlife Protection Act | Reintroduced Bill | Dec 2, 2020 |
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.
- Mar 20, 2017Introduced 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.
