US HB417 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress

US Congress House Bill 417 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-05-08 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Adds various lionfish species to the list of injurious wildlife prohibited from being imported into the United States or transported between states.

Title

To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish measures to combat invasive lionfish, and for other purposes.

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-08	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2019-02-05	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
2019-01-09	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2019-01-09	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.
2019-01-09	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.
2019-01-09	House	Introduced in House