Wildlife Conservation and Anti-Trafficking Act of 2018
Latest action · May 17, 2018 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
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.
- IntroducedMay 8, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Wildlife Conservation and Anti-Trafficking Act of 2018
This bill supports wildlife conservation, including by: (1) expanding federal law enforcement powers to combat wildlife trafficking (i.e., poaching), (2) rewarding whistle-blowers for reporting violations of wildlife-trafficking laws, (3) requiring the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to carry out the International Wildlife Conservation Program, and (4) providing funding for wildlife conservation.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 8, 2018 to Dec 21, 2018; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AK | Don Young | Original | May 8, 2018 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Jun 12, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Jun 13, 2018 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jun 15, 2018 | |
| R-CA | Edward R. Royce | Jun 19, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Jun 20, 2018 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Jun 21, 2018 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jun 22, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Jun 25, 2018 | |
| R-AS | Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen | Jun 26, 2018 | |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Jun 26, 2018 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Jul 10, 2018 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Jul 11, 2018 | |
| R-NY | John Katko | Jul 24, 2018 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Sep 5, 2018 |
Committees 2
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 May 8, 2018 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred May 17, 2018 | |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred May 17, 2018 | |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred May 8, 2018 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred May 8, 2018 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 17, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- May 17, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
- May 8, 2018Introduced in House
- May 8, 2018Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3786)
- May 8, 2018Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H3786Lists H3834H.R. 5697–5713 | Madeleine Z. Bordallo D-GU | May 8, 2018 |
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. 164, no. 74, May 8, 2018, page H3834.
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. 115-45 | FEDERAL IMPEDIMENTS TO COMMERCE AND INNOVATIVE INJURIOUS SPECIES MANAGEMENT38 pages | Natural Resources Committee | May 17, 2018 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3605 | Wildlife Conservation and Anti-Trafficking Act of 2018 | Related bill | Oct 11, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To support wildlife conservation, improve anti-trafficking enforcement, provide dedicated funding for wildlife conservation at no expense to taxpayers, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Wildlife Conservation and Anti-Trafficking Act of 2018
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Animals.
- American Samoa
- Animals
- Civil actions and liability
- Crime prevention
- Crimes against animals and natural resources
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- Department of the Interior
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Endangered and threatened species
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Fishes
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Government trust funds
- International law and treaties
- International organizations and cooperation
- Mammals
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Puerto Rico
- Reptiles
- Smuggling and trafficking
- U.S. territories and protectorates
- Virgin Islands
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 8, 2018Introduced 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.
