H.R.864: Wildlife Conservation and Anti-Trafficking Act of 2019

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86 (74 Democrats, 12 Republicans)

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Wildlife Conservation and Anti-Trafficking Act of 2019 This bill supports wildlife conservation and addresses wildlife trafficking. Specifically, it reclassifies certain wildlife-trafficking offenses and illegal fishing violations as violations of federal racketeering or other laws concerning transnational criminal organizations. The bill also expands federal law enforcement powers to combat wildlife trafficking (e.g., poaching and the illegal...

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Date Description
March 25, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Feb. 15, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Jan. 30, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Jan. 30, 2019

Introduced in the House by John Garamendi (D-Calif.)

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