US Congress House Bill 2657 (Prior Session Legislation)

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July 28 2011 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act - Amends the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to prohibit the use or possession of body-gripping traps in the National Wildlife Refuge System. Imposes on persons who possess or use such traps in the System: (1) for a first offense, a civil fine of up to $500 for each body-gripping trap possessed or used; and (2) for subsequent offenses, a civil fine of up to $1,000 for each body-gripping trap possessed or used, imprisonment for up to 180 days, or both such a civil fine and imprisonment. Makes any body-gripping traps that are possessed or used in violation of this Act, and any wildlife captured by the use of such traps, including the pelts and raw fur, subject to civil forfeiture. Requires persons found to be in violation of such prohibition to pay all associated court costs.

Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act

Rep Lowey, Nita M.	Rep Ackerman, Gary L.	Rep Baldwin, Tammy	Rep Berman, Howard L.
Rep Bishop, Timothy H.	Rep Blumenauer, Earl	Rep Brady, Robert A.	Rep Chu, Judy
Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy	Rep Cohen, Steve	Rep Connolly, Gerald E. "Gerry"	Rep DeFazio, Peter A.
Rep Deutch, Theodore E.	Rep Farr, Sam	Rep Grijalva, Raul M.	Rep Hastings, Alcee L.
Rep Hinchey, Maurice D.	Rep Kildee, Dale E.	Rep Kissell, Larry	Rep Kucinich, Dennis J.
Rep Lewis, John	Rep Lofgren, Zoe	Rep Maloney, Carolyn B.	Rep McGovern, James P.
Rep Miller, George	Rep Moran, James P.	Rep Nadler, Jerrold	Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr.
Rep Peters, Gary C.	Rep Price, David E.	Rep Rangel, Charles B.	Rep Rothman, Steven R.
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D.	Rep Serrano, Jose E.	Rep Sherman, Brad	Rep Stark, Fortney Pete
Rep Van Hollen, Chris	Rep Waxman, Henry A.	Rep Woolsey, Lynn C.

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-07-28	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
2011-07-26	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HN02657:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr2657ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr2657ih.pdf