H.R.511: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the importation of various injurious species of constrictor snakes.

About This Bill

  • This bill was introduced in the 112th Congress
  • This bill is primarily about crime and law enforcement
  • Introduced Jan. 26, 2011
  • Latest Major Action Dec. 5, 2012

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Bill Summary

Amends the federal criminal code to expand the prohibition against the importation or shipment into the United States, or its territories and possessions, of any injurious animals to include the Indian python of the species Python molurus bivittatus, the reticulated python of the species Broghammerus reticulatus or Python reticulatus, the Northern African python of the species Python sebae, the Southern African python of the species Python...

(Source: Library of Congress)

Bill Actions

Date Description
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Discharged.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on 112-691, Part I.
Referred sequentially to the House Committee on Natural Resources for a period ending not later than Dec. 5, 2012 for consideration of such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(m), rule X.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Committee on Natural Resources discharged.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 511.
Jan. 26, 2011

Introduced in the House by Tom Rooney (R-Fla.)

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