US Congress House Bill 2657 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 39-0)
Status: Introduced on July 26 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-07-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act - Amends the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to prohibit the use or possession of body-gripping traps in the National Wildlife Refuge System. 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. Makes any body-gripping traps that are possessed or used in violation of this Act, and any wildlife captured by the use of such traps, including the pelts and raw fur, subject to civil forfeiture. Requires persons found to be in violation of such prohibition to pay all associated court costs.

Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act

Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Rep. Howard Berman [D-CA]
Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Rep. Dale Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Larry Kissell [D-NC]	Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH]
Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. George Miller [D-CA]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]
Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Steven Rothman [D-NJ]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]
Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]	Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-07-28	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
2011-07-26	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2657/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr2657/BILLS-112hr2657ih.pdf