HR 5217 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Refuge From Cruel Trapping Act

Introduced Aug 15, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Jerrold Nadler D-NY

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Aug 15, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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.

  1. IntroducedAug 15, 2023
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 23

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 15, 2023 to Sep 10, 2024; 21 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalAug 15, 2023
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalAug 15, 2023
D-PABrendan F. BoyleOriginalAug 15, 2023
D-WADerek KilmerOriginalAug 15, 2023
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalAug 15, 2023
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalAug 15, 2023
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyOriginalAug 15, 2023
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalAug 15, 2023
D-NYGrace MengOriginalAug 15, 2023
D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalAug 15, 2023
D-CAJared HuffmanOriginalAug 15, 2023
D-FLJared MoskowitzOriginalAug 15, 2023
D-HIJill N. TokudaOriginalAug 15, 2023
D-COJoe NeguseOriginalAug 15, 2023
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalAug 15, 2023
D-PAMary Gay ScanlonOriginalAug 15, 2023
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánOriginalAug 15, 2023
D-ILRaja KrishnamoorthiOriginalAug 15, 2023
D-ILSean CastenOriginalAug 15, 2023
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalAug 15, 2023
D-WASuzan K. DelBeneOriginalAug 15, 2023
D-CATed LieuNov 28, 2023
D-VADonald S. Beyer, Jr.Sep 10, 2024

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Aug 15, 2023

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Aug 15, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Aug 15, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to prohibit the possession or use of body- gripping traps in the National Wildlife Refuge System, and for other purposes.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 136, August 15, 2023, page H4187.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to prohibit the possession or use of body-gripping traps in the National Wildlife Refuge System, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Refuge From Cruel Trapping Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Aug 15, 2023Introduced in House

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