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- H.R.1727
H.R.1727: Limiting Inhumane Federal Trapping Act
About This Bill
- Introduced March 27, 2017
- Latest Major Action April 11, 2017
- See the one similar bills introduced in other congresses.
Bill Sponsor
Bill Cosponsors
16 (All Democrats)
Bill Version
- Introduced in House - March 27, 2017
Bill Summary
Limiting Inhumane Federal Trapping Act This bill prohibits any personnel of the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture (USDA), in performing their duties, from using, recommending, training in the use of, or planning for the use of, any body-gripping trap used to kill or capture an animal. This prohibition does not apply to training in the dismantling of body-gripping traps that have been illegally placed. No person shall...
(Source: Library of Congress)
Bill Actions
| Date | Description |
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| April 11, 2017 |
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
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| April 3, 2017 |
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
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| March 27, 2017 |
Referred to House Agriculture
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| March 27, 2017 |
Referred to House Natural Resources
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| March 27, 2017 |
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
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| March 27, 2017 |
Introduced in the House by Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) |