US Congress House Bill 3513 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-0)
Status: Introduced on November 15 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-11-19 - 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. Subjects to civil forfeiture 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. 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. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]
Rep. Gloria Negrete McLeod [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-11-19	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
2013-11-15	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3513/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr3513/BILLS-113hr3513ih.pdf