This bill makes it unlawful for any persons, except as provided below, to organize, sponsor, conduct, or participate in wildlife killing contests on public lands.
This bill shall not apply to
field trials,
wildlife killing contests that exclusively target ungulates (e.g., deer) or birds of the orders Galliformes (e.g., turkeys) or Anatidae (e.g., ducks), or
lethal control actions by state or federal agencies that target wildlife classified as invasive by the National Invasive Species Information Center.
Actions
Jun 16, 2022
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 18, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Apr 6, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Apr 5, 2022
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.