US Congress House Bill 2016 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 87-0)
Status: Introduced on April 23 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-05-26 - 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 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. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]
Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]
Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]
Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]
Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]
Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]
Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]
Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]
Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-05-26	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
2015-04-23	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2015-04-23	House	Introduced in House

SB1081 (Related) 2015-05-06 - Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2016/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2016/BILLS-114hr2016ih.pdf