Black Vulture Relief Act of 2024
Latest action · Dec 10, 2024 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 679.
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 8, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Black Vulture Relief Act of 2023
This bill allows livestock producers and their employees to take certain actions against black vultures to protect livestock. (Black vultures are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.)
Specifically, livestock producers and their employees may (1) take (i.e., capture, kill, disperse, or transport) a black vulture that they reasonably believe will cause death, injury, or destruction to livestock; or (2) in the course of taking or attempting to take the black vulture, cause injury to the bird.
Livestock producers and their employees must submit an annual report to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) on black vultures taken under this bill. The FWS must make this reporting form available on its website.
Currently, the FWS has a permit process under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act for the taking of black vultures.
Cosponsors 41
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 8, 2023 to Jun 12, 2024, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Original | Mar 8, 2023 |
| R-KY | Andy Barr | Apr 6, 2023 | |
| R-TX | August Pfluger | Apr 6, 2023 | |
| R-KY | James Comer | Apr 10, 2023 | |
| R-OK | Josh Brecheen | Apr 18, 2023 | |
| R-OH | Troy Balderson | Apr 27, 2023 | |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | May 23, 2023 | |
| R-OH | Max L. Miller | May 25, 2023 | |
| R-AR | Steve Womack | May 25, 2023 | |
| R-OK | Kevin Hern | Jun 16, 2023 | |
| R-GA | Rick W. Allen | Jul 12, 2023 | |
| R-MO | Jason Smith | Aug 1, 2023 | |
| R-PA | Scott Perry | Aug 4, 2023 | |
| R-OK | Stephanie I. Bice | Aug 4, 2023 | |
| R-MI | Jack Bergman | Aug 8, 2023 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 10, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 679.
- Dec 10, 2024Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-832.
- Jun 12, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jun 12, 2024Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 17 - 13.
- Jun 12, 2024Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Discharged
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 10, 2024Reported in House
- Mar 8, 2023Introduced in House
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