US Congress House Bill 1438 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 94-0)
Status: Introduced on March 8 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Federal Lands Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Refuge From Cruel Trapping Act This bill 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. The bill 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. The bill makes any body-gripping traps that are possessed or used in violation of this bill, and any wildlife captured by the use of such traps, including the pelts and raw fur, subject to civil forfeiture. Persons found to be in violation of such prohibition shall pay all associated court costs.

Refuge From Cruel Trapping Act

Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]
Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]
Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]
Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]
Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]
Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]
Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]
Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]
Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. Ruben Kihuen [D-NV]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]
Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]
Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]
Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
2017-03-08	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2017-03-08	House	Introduced in House

SB1919 (Related) 2017-10-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1438/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1438/BILLS-115hr1438ih.pdf