Combating Online Wildlife Trafficking Act of 2021
Latest action · Dec 30, 2022 Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-675, Part I.
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 3, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Combating Online Wildlife Trafficking Act of 2021
This bill reauthorizes through October 7, 2026, and revises the Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking. The task force must develop recommendations and establish a working group to address wildlife trafficking online and on social media.
In addition, the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development must create a strategy for engaging with internet and social media companies to address wildlife trafficking on their platforms.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 3, 2021.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Mar 3, 2021 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 3, 2021 |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Mar 3, 2021Markup Feb 16, 2022Reported Dec 30, 2022 |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Apr 21, 2021Hearings Jan 20, 2022Discharged Feb 16, 2022 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 30, 2022Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-675, Part I.
- Feb 16, 2022Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.
- Feb 16, 2022Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Feb 16, 2022Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
- Jan 20, 2022Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- May 9, 2022H.R. 1546, Combating Online Wildlife Trafficking ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 16, 2022
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 40, March 3, 2021, page H1080.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Eliminate, Neutralize, and Disrupt Wildlife Trafficking Act of 2016 to direct the Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking to develop recommendations to address wildlife trafficking on the internet and on social media, and to direct the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to develop a strategy to address wildlife trafficking on the internet and on social media, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Combating Online Wildlife Trafficking Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 3, 2021Introduced 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.
