US Congress House Bill 1727 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)
Status: Introduced on March 27 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-04-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Pending: House Conservation and Forestry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Limiting Inhumane Federal Trapping Act This bill prohibits any personnel of the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture (USDA), in performing their duties, from using, recommending, training in the use of, or planning for the use of, any body-gripping trap used to kill or capture an animal. This prohibition does not apply to training in the dismantling of body-gripping traps that have been illegally placed. No person shall use or possess any body-gripping trap on property under the administrative jurisdiction of Interior or USDA, except in Indian country, regardless of whether the person is employed by, or is working under a contract with, Interior or USDA. Such prohibitions shall not apply to the use of a body-gripping trap to: control documented, invasive species to achieve resource management objectives where alternative methods have failed; or protect a species that is listed as an endangered or threatened species or treated by the Forest Service as a sensitive species. Such exceptions shall not apply unless: such use of a body-gripping trap is in accordance with state and federal law; prior to using such a trap, all available and viable nonlethal methods for such control or protection have been attempted; and such attempts have been documented in writing, and the documentation is maintained at the headquarters of the department that employs the individual engaging in such attempt. The bill imposes criminal penalties for violating the prohibitions in this bill.

Limiting Inhumane Federal Trapping Act

Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Ruben Kihuen [D-NV]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]
Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-04-11	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
2017-04-03	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
2017-03-27	House	Referred 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.
2017-03-27	House	Referred 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.
2017-03-27	House	Referred 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.
2017-03-27	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E391)
2017-03-27	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1727/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1727/BILLS-115hr1727ih.pdf