HR 8492 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Prohibit Wildlife Killing Contests Act of 2024

Latest action · Sep 3, 2024 Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.

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. IntroducedMay 22, 2024
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 20

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 22, 2024 to Dec 5, 2024; 16 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalMay 22, 2024
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalMay 22, 2024
D-MOCori BushOriginalMay 22, 2024
D-CODiana DeGetteOriginalMay 22, 2024
D-NVDina TitusOriginalMay 22, 2024
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalMay 22, 2024
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyOriginalMay 22, 2024
D-NYGrace MengOriginalMay 22, 2024
D-CAJared HuffmanOriginalMay 22, 2024
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalMay 22, 2024
D-CAKatie PorterOriginalMay 22, 2024
D-TXLloyd DoggettOriginalMay 22, 2024
D-NMMelanie A. StansburyOriginalMay 22, 2024
D-MIRashida TlaibOriginalMay 22, 2024
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalMay 22, 2024
D-CATed LieuOriginalMay 22, 2024
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeMay 31, 2024
D-NYTimothy M. KennedyJul 9, 2024
D-MIShri ThanedarOct 22, 2024
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonDec 5, 2024

Committees 2

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred May 22, 2024
HouseAgriculture Committee
Referred May 22, 2024
Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee
Referred Sep 3, 2024
Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee
Referred Sep 3, 2024

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 3, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
  2. Sep 3, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
  3. May 22, 2024Introduced in House
  4. May 22, 2024Referred 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.

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 1 of the Constitution of the United States The single subject of this legislation is: Environmental Protection

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 89, May 22, 2024, page H3484.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 7398Prohibit Wildlife Killing Contests Act of 2022Reintroduction ofJun 16, 2022

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To prohibit wildlife killing contests on public lands, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Prohibit Wildlife Killing Contests Act of 2024

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. May 22, 2024Introduced in House

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