RAWR Act
Latest action · Oct 23, 2019 Held at the desk.
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 22, 2019
- Passed SenateOct 22, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Rescuing Animals With Rewards Act of 2019 or the RAWR Act
This bill modifies the Department of State rewards program to authorize rewards to individuals who furnish information that assists in the prevention or identification of crimes related to wildlife trafficking.
Cosponsors 39
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 22, 2019 to Dec 19, 2019; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | May 22, 2019 |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Jul 11, 2019 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Jul 18, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Jul 18, 2019 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Jul 23, 2019 | |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Sep 9, 2019 | |
| R-AZ | Martha McSally | Sep 10, 2019 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Sep 23, 2019 | |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Sep 24, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Sep 24, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Rick Scott | Sep 24, 2019 | |
| D-DE | Thomas R. Carper | Sep 25, 2019 | |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Sep 25, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Sep 26, 2019 | |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Oct 15, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | Oct 15, 2019 | |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Oct 17, 2019 | |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Oct 17, 2019 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Oct 21, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | Oct 21, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Mark R. Warner | Oct 21, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Oct 22, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Oct 28, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Oct 28, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Oct 31, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Nov 5, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Nov 7, 2019 | |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Nov 12, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Nov 13, 2019 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Nov 19, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Nov 21, 2019 | |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Nov 21, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Dec 16, 2019 | |
| D-AL | Doug Jones | Dec 16, 2019 | |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Dec 17, 2019 | |
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Dec 18, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Dec 19, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Dec 19, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Dec 19, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred May 22, 2019Markup Sep 25, 2019Reported Sep 26, 2019 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 23, 2019Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Oct 23, 2019Received in the House.
- Oct 23, 2019Held at the desk.
- Oct 22, 2019Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S6047; text: CR S6047)
- Sep 26, 2019Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch without amendment. Without written report.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6047Text printed S6047 | Jerry Moran R-KS | Oct 22, 2019 |
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Oct 3, 2019S. 1590, Rescuing Animals With Rewards Act of 2019As reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on September 26, 2019
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 97 | RAWR Act | Identical bill | Jul 16, 2019 |
Titles 7
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize rewards for thwarting wildlife trafficking linked to transnational organized crime, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Rescuing Animals With Rewards Act of 2019
- RAWR Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Rescuing Animals With Rewards Act of 2019
- RAWR Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed Senate
- RAWR Act
- Rescuing Animals With Rewards Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 22, 2019Engrossed in Senate
- Sep 26, 2019Reported to Senate
- May 22, 2019Introduced 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.
