US HB5398 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress

US Congress House Bill 5398 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on December 11 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-02 - 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

Requires (1) the Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking to develop recommendations and establish a working group to address wildlife trafficking online and on social media, and (2) the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development to create a strategy for engaging with internet and social media companies to address wildlife trafficking on their platforms.

Title

Combating Online Wildlife Trafficking Act of 2019

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-02	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
2019-12-11	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.
2019-12-11	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.
2019-12-11	House	Introduced in House