US Congress Senate Bill 1081 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10)
Status: Introduced on April 23 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-05-06 - Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held.
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

Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]
Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D-MD]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]
Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-05-06	Senate	Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held.
2015-04-23	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

HB2016 (Related) 2015-05-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/1081/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s1081/BILLS-114s1081is.pdf