ProTECT Act of 2024
Latest action · Dec 12, 2024 ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Lieu asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 7840, a bill originally introduced by Representative Jackson Lee, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
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 29, 2024
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 29, 2024 to Dec 19, 2024; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Mar 29, 2024 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Mar 29, 2024 |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Original | Mar 29, 2024 |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Original | Mar 29, 2024 |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | Mar 29, 2024 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Original | Mar 29, 2024 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Mar 29, 2024 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | Mar 29, 2024 |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Original | Mar 29, 2024 |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | Original | Mar 29, 2024 |
| D-CA | Nancy Pelosi | Original | Mar 29, 2024 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Mar 29, 2024 |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Original | Mar 29, 2024 |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Original | Mar 29, 2024 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Apr 5, 2024 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | May 14, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Dec 16, 2024 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Dec 18, 2024 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Dec 19, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Mar 29, 2024 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 12, 2024ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Lieu asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 7840, a bill originally introduced by Representative Jackson Lee, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 29, 2024Introduced in House
- Mar 29, 2024Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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.
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 54, March 29, 2024, page H2129.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 7795 | ProTECT Act of 2024 | Identical bill | Mar 22, 2024 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit the taking for a trophy of any endangered or threatened species of fish or wildlife in the United States and the importation of endangered and threatened species trophies into the United States, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- ProTECT Act of 2024
- Prohibiting Threatened and Endangered Creature Trophies Act of 2024
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Animals.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 29, 2024Introduced 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.
