US HB5127 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 60-0)
Status: Introduced on November 15 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-12-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Prohibits the use or possession of body-gripping traps in the National Wildlife Refuge System. The bill 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. The bill makes any body-gripping traps that are possessed or used in violation of this bill, and any wildlife captured by the use of such traps, including the pelts and raw fur, subject to civil forfeiture. Persons found to be in violation of such prohibition shall pay all associated court costs.

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Title

Refuge From Cruel Trapping Act

Sponsors

Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]
Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]
Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell [D-FL]Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]Rep. Donna Shalala [D-FL]
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]Rep. Christopher Pappas [D-NH]Rep. Haley Stevens [D-MI]
Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]Rep. David Price [D-NC]Rep. Sean Casten [D-IL]Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]
Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]
Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]

History

DateChamberAction
2019-12-04HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
2019-11-15HouseReferred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2019-11-15HouseIntroduced in House

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