Wildlife Conservation and Anti-Trafficking Act of 2018
Latest action · Oct 11, 2018 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6820-6821)
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.
- IntroducedOct 11, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot 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 as well as enforcement of illegal fishing violations.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Environment and Public Works Committee | Referred Oct 11, 2018 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 11, 2018Introduced in Senate
- Oct 11, 2018Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6820-6821)
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.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5697 | Wildlife Conservation and Anti-Trafficking Act of 2018 | Related bill | May 17, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill 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
- Animal protection and human-animal relationships
- Animals
- Civil actions and liability
- Congressional oversight
- Crime prevention
- Crimes against animals and natural resources
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- Department of Commerce
- 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 information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Government trust funds
- Guam
- Hunting and fishing
- 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.
- Oct 11, 2018Introduced in Senate
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.
