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| 113-hr-5886 | 113 | hr | 5886 | African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act of 2014 | Animals | 2014-12-11 | 2014-12-11 | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 1 | African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act of 2014 - Reauthorizes the African Elephant Conservation Act (AECA) through FY2019. Authorizes ivory to be imported or exported under the AECA and the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) if: (1) the raw ivory or worked ivory is solely for a museum; (2) it was lawfully importable into the United States on February 24, 2014, regardless of when it was acquired; or (3) the worked ivory was previously lawfully possessed in the United States. Authorizes the Department of the Interior to station one U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service law enforcement officer in the primary U.S. diplomatic or consular post in each African country that has a significant population of African elephants to assist local wildlife rangers in protecting the elephants and facilitating the apprehension of individuals who illegally kill them or assist in killing them. Requires Interior to certify a finding that a county is a significant transit or destination point for illegal ivory trade and report the certification to the President for the purposes of the Pelly Amendment to the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967. (The Pelly Amendment authorizes the President to embargo wildlife products when the Interior certifies that a country is engaging in trade or certain actions that diminish the effectiveness of an international agreement for the conservation of endangered or threatened species.) Authorizes under the AECA and ESA: (1) the possession, sale, delivery, receipt, shipment, or transportation of African elephant ivory that has been lawfully imported or crafted in the United States, and (2) the importation of a sport-hunted African elephant trophy if the country in which the elephant was taken has elephants that are listed on Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) at the time the trophy is imported. | 2023-01-11T13:25:09Z | |
| 113-hr-5836 | 113 | hr | 5836 | Rare Cats and Canids Act of 2014 | Animals | 2014-12-10 | 2014-12-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] | AZ | D | G000551 | 1 | Rare Cats and Canids Act of 2014 This bill establishes a Rare Cats and Canids Conservation Fund as a separate account within the Multinational Species Conservation Fund. The Department of the Interior must use amounts in the fund to provide assistance for the conservation of rare felids and rare canids. Grant amounts may not be used for captive breeding unless it is a part of an accredited reintroduction or restoration program. Rare felids or rare canids are any population in the family Felidae (cats) or Canidae (dogs), respectively, that are listed in the Red List of Threatened Species Maintained by the World Conservation Union as near-threatened, vulnerable, endangered, or critically endangered, excluding any population native to the United States or Canada. Tigers are not considered to be rare felids. Interior may convene an advisory group of individuals representing organizations actively involved in the conservation of felids and canids. | 2023-01-11T13:25:11Z | |
| 113-sres-564 | 113 | sres | 564 | A resolution honoring conservation on the centennial of the passenger pigeon extinction. | Animals | 2014-09-18 | 2014-12-16 | Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S6929-6930) | Senate | Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] | OH | D | B000944 | 3 | Commemorates the importance of the 100th anniversary of the passenger pigeon extinction, our natural heritage, the sustainability of our ecosystem, and the balanced and responsible conservation of our nation's wildlife. | 2023-01-11T13:25:24Z | |
| 113-sres-556 | 113 | sres | 556 | A resolution designating the week beginning on October 12, 2014, as National Wildlife Refuge Week. | Animals | 2014-09-17 | 2014-09-17 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5720; text as passed Senate: CR S5704-5705) | Senate | Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] | DE | D | C001088 | 16 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates the week beginning on October 12, 2014, as National Wildlife Refuge Week. Acknowledges the importance of national wildlife refuges for their recreational opportunities and contribution to local economies. Reaffirms the support of the Senate for wildlife conservation and the National Wildlife Refuge System. | 2022-03-03T21:27:53Z | |
| 113-hr-5454 | 113 | hr | 5454 | Targeted Use of Sanctions for Killing Elephants in Their Range Act of 2014 | Animals | 2014-09-11 | 2014-09-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] | OR | D | D000191 | 11 | Targeted Use of Sanctions for Killing Elephants in Their Range Act of 2014 - Amends the African Elephant Conservation Act to make it a policy to prevent additional African elephant ivory from entering global commerce, and to reduce demand for ivory that is driving elephant poaching by limiting natural resources-related trade with countries whose nationals are engaged in illegal ivory trade. Deems the identification of a country by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Standing Committee as a significant source or transit or destination point for illegal ivory trade to be a certification under the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 authorizing the President to prohibit the importation of such products from the offending country. Directs the President, within 30 days after receiving a certification, to enter into consultations with the offending country to obtain an agreement that terminates all illegal ivory trade into, out of, or within that country. Requires the President, if such consultations are not concluded within 90 days or if the country refuses to enter into consultations, to direct the Secretary of Commerce to prohibit the importation into the United States of wildlife, fish, and plant products from that country until the earlier of: the finalizing of the agreement, or a CITES Standing Committee finding that the country is no longer a significant source or transit or destination point for illegal ivory trade. Directs the Secretary, within 180 days after the prohibition, to determine whether: the prohibition is sufficient to cause the offending country to terminate illegal ivory trade, and that country has retaliated against the United States as a result of that prohibition. | 2023-01-11T13:25:37Z | |
| 113-sres-543 | 113 | sres | 543 | A resolution designating November 1, 2014, as National Bison Day. | Animals | 2014-09-11 | 2014-09-17 | Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. | Senate | Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] | WY | R | E000285 | 21 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates November 1, 2014, as National Bison Day. | 2023-01-11T13:25:24Z | |
| 113-s-2677 | 113 | s | 2677 | Lesser Prairie Chicken Voluntary Recovery Act of 2014 | Animals | 2014-07-29 | 2014-07-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] | OK | R | I000024 | 5 | Lesser Prairie Chicken Voluntary Recovery Act of 2014 - Removes the Department of the Interior's listing of the lesser prairie chicken as threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Prohibits further treatment of the species as threatened or endangered before January 31, 2020. Requires Interior to monitor and submit an annual report on progress in the conservation of the lesser prairie chicken under: the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Range-Wide Conservation Plan of the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, all related Candidate Conservation Agreements (agreements to voluntarily undertake measures to conserve a covered species), all related Candidate Conservation Agreements With Assurances (agreements to voluntarily undertake measures to conserve a covered species with assurances that additional measures will not be imposed if the species becomes listed in the future), conservation programs administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and the Department of Agriculture (USDA), state conservation programs, and private conservation efforts. Prohibits the lesser prairie chicken from being treated as threatened or endangered beginning on January 31, 2020, unless Interior publishes a determination that conservation efforts under the Range-Wide Plan, agreements, programs, and efforts have not achieved the Plan's conservation goals. | 2023-01-11T13:25:45Z | |
| 113-s-2678 | 113 | s | 2678 | American Burying Beetle Relief Act of 2014 | Animals | 2014-07-29 | 2014-07-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] | OK | R | I000024 | 1 | American Burying Beetle Relief Act of 2014 - Removes the United States Fish and Wildlife Service's listing of the American burying beetle as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act. Prohibits the beetle from being listed as a threatened or endangered species. | 2023-01-11T13:25:45Z | |
| 113-hr-5156 | 113 | hr | 5156 | Wildlife Disease Emergency Act of 2014 | Animals | 2014-07-17 | 2014-08-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit. | House | Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1] | NH | D | S001170 | 6 | Wildlife Disease Emergency Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with governors of potentially affected states, to declare a wildlife disease emergency for any wildlife disease occurring within the United States or, if outside the United States, with the potential to enter the United States. Defines "wildlife disease emergency" as the occurrence of a non-zoonotic pathological condition in a wildlife population that: is infectious and caused by a newly discovered pathogen or is a known infectious wildlife disease that is expanding in range or other impacts, or poses significant threats to the sustainability of wildlife or to the overall health of a functioning ecosystem. Directs the Secretary, upon making such a declaration, to lead a coordinated response to the emergency. Directs the Secretary to implement a grant program to provide funding to state wildlife agencies and Indian tribes to address wildlife disease emergencies. Establishes in the Treasury a Wildlife Disease Emergency Fund. Allows the Secretary to establish a Wildlife Disease Committee to assist the Secretary in increasing the level of preparedness needed to address emerging wildlife diseases. Authorizes the Secretary to convene rapid response teams to address any particular wildlife disease emergency. | 2023-01-11T13:25:58Z | |
| 113-s-2621 | 113 | s | 2621 | Federal Duck Stamp Act of 2014 | Animals | 2014-07-17 | 2014-07-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] | LA | R | V000127 | 16 | Federal Duck Stamp Act of 2014 - Amends the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act to increase the price of duck stamps, which are required to hunt migratory waterfowl, from $15 to $25. Authorizes the Department of the Interior to reduce the price of stamps for a hunting year if the increase in the stamp price resulted in a reduction in revenues deposited in the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund. Establishes a subaccount in the Fund to be used by Interior to acquire easements for the conservation of migratory birds. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer all amounts in excess of $15 from the sale of each stamp to the subaccount. Requires Interior to include in an annual report of the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission an assessment of the status of wetlands conservation projects for migratory bird conservation purposes, including an accounting of all expenditures made for acquisition of federal lands. | 2023-01-11T13:25:46Z | |
| 113-hr-5052 | 113 | hr | 5052 | Lawful Ivory Protection Act of 2014 | Animals | 2014-07-10 | 2014-07-10 | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. | House | Rep. Daines, Steve [R-MT-At Large] | MT | R | D000618 | 22 | Lawful Ivory Protection Act of 2014 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit any regulation that goes in effect after February 24, 2014, from: prohibiting or restricting the possession, sale, delivery, receipt, shipping, or transportation of elephant ivory that has been lawfully imported; changing any methods of, or standards for, determining if ivory has been lawfully imported; or prohibiting or restricting the importation or possession of ivory that was lawfully importable or possessable on that date. | 2023-01-11T13:26:01Z | |
| 113-hr-5069 | 113 | hr | 5069 | Federal Duck Stamp Act of 2014 | Animals | 2014-07-10 | 2014-12-18 | Became Public Law No: 113-264. | House | Rep. Fleming, John [R-LA-4] | LA | R | F000456 | 19 | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on November 17, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Federal Duck Stamp Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act to increase the price of duck stamps, which are required to hunt migratory waterfowl, from $15 to $25. Authorizes the Department of the Interior to reduce the price of stamps for a hunting year if the increase in the stamp price resulted in a reduction in revenues deposited in the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund. Establishes a subaccount in the Fund to be used by Interior to acquire easements for the conservation of migratory birds. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer all amounts in excess of $15 from the sale of each stamp to the subaccount. (Sec. 3) Requires Interior to include in an annual report of the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission an assessment of the status of wetlands conservation projects for migratory bird conservation purposes, including an accounting of all expenditures made for acquisition of federal lands and an analysis of whether refuge lands are opened or closed for hunting and fishing. (Sec. 4) Allows rural Alaska residents to take migratory waterfowl for subsistence uses without a duck stamp. | 2023-03-22T18:49:20Z | |
| 113-s-2587 | 113 | s | 2587 | Lawful Ivory Protection Act of 2014 | Animals | 2014-07-10 | 2014-07-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] | TN | R | A000360 | 1 | Lawful Ivory Protection Act of 2014 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit any regulation that goes in effect after February 24, 2014, from: prohibiting or restricting the possession, sale, delivery, receipt, shipping, or transportation of elephant ivory that has been lawfully imported; changing any methods of, or standards for, determining if ivory has been lawfully imported; or prohibiting or restricting the importation or possession of ivory that was lawfully importable or possessable on that date. | 2023-01-11T13:25:47Z | |
| 113-hres-651 | 113 | hres | 651 | Expressing support for the network of experienced and accredited wildlife rehabilitation centers across the United States and honoring their important work in protecting native wildlife. | Animals | 2014-06-26 | 2014-06-26 | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. | House | Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] | TX | R | S000583 | 13 | Recognizes the importance of experienced and accredited wildlife rehabilitation centers and their contributions to the humane treatment of animals. | 2023-01-11T13:26:10Z | |
| 113-sres-477 | 113 | sres | 477 | A resolution designating June 20, 2014, as "American Eagle Day", and celebrating the recovery and restoration of the bald eagle, the national symbol of the United States. | Animals | 2014-06-17 | 2014-06-17 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3771-3772; text as passed Senate: CR S3723-3724) | Senate | Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] | TN | R | A000360 | 6 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates June 20, 2014, as American Eagle Day. Applauds the issuance of bald eagle commemorative coins by the Secretary of the Treasury as a means by which to generate critical funds for the protection of bald eagles. Encourages entities with an interest in conserving endangered species to collaborate and develop educational tools for use in public schools of the United States. | 2022-03-03T21:27:53Z | |
| 113-hr-4866 | 113 | hr | 4866 | Lesser Prairie Chicken Voluntary Recovery Act of 2014 | Animals | 2014-06-12 | 2014-09-09 | Committee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2] | OK | R | M001190 | 10 | Lesser Prairie Chicken Voluntary Recovery Act of 2014 - Removes the Department of the Interior's listing of the lesser prairie chicken as threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Prohibits further treatment of the species as threatened or endangered before January 31, 2020. Requires Interior to monitor and submit an annual report on progress in the conservation of the lesser prairie chicken under: the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Range-Wide Conservation Plan of the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, all related Candidate Conservation Agreements (agreements to voluntarily undertake measures to conserve a covered species), Candidate Conservation Agreements With Assurances (agreements to voluntarily undertake measures to conserve a covered species with assurances that additional measures will not be imposed if the species becomes listed in the future), conservation programs administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and the Department of Agriculture (USDA), state conservation programs, and private conservation efforts. Prohibits the lesser prairie chicken from being treated as threatened or endangered beginning on January 31, 2020, unless Interior publishes a determination that conservation efforts under the Range-Wide Plan, agreements, programs, and efforts have not achieved the Plan's conservation goals. | 2023-01-11T13:26:15Z | |
| 113-hr-4797 | 113 | hr | 4797 | CLEAN Energy Producers Act of 2014 | Animals | 2014-06-02 | 2014-06-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3] | SC | R | D000615 | 8 | Clarification of Legal Enforcement Against Non-criminal Energy Producers Act of 2014 or the CLEAN Energy Producers Act of 2014 - Amends the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to issue or deny an eagle permit that authorizes the taking of a bald eagle or golden eagle that is incidental to, but not the purpose of, an otherwise lawful activity. Deems the permit as issued if the Secretary fails to act within a reasonable time (not exceeding one year). Amends the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to add an intent element to criminal liability for the taking, killing, or other harm to a migratory bird that is accidental or incidental to the presence or operation of an otherwise lawful activity. | 2023-01-11T13:26:17Z | |
| 113-hr-4716 | 113 | hr | 4716 | Sage Grouse Protection and Conservation Act | Animals | 2014-05-22 | 2014-05-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Gardner, Cory [R-CO-4] | CO | R | G000562 | 18 | Sage Grouse Protection and Conservation Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) or the Secretary of the Interior to give effect to a statewide conservation and management plan for the protection and recovery of the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) and the Gunnison sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus) from either California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming. Requires the appropriate Secretary to: hold for at least 10 years actions to list the species as endangered or threatened, the enforcement of the listing, and the designation of critical habitat for the species in that state; withdraw any land use planning activities related to federal management of the species on National Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land within the state; and amend federal land use plans with respect to that state to comply with a state plan. Applies these requirements to states that submit a plan or have a plan previously endorsed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Requires the appropriate Secretary to: (1) review statewide plans to determine if they are likely to conserve the species to the point at which the measures provided pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 are no longer necessary; (2) approve or endorse, or make comments on, statewide plans; and (3) provide states with information and make personnel available to help with plans. Prohibits any proposed action pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) that occurs within one of those states from being denied or restricted solely on the basis of such sage-grouse if the action is consistent with a state plan that has been submitted to the appropriate Secretary. | 2023-01-11T13:26:27Z | |
| 113-s-2394 | 113 | s | 2394 | Sage Grouse Protection and Conservation Act | Animals | 2014-05-22 | 2014-05-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] | WY | R | E000285 | 6 | Sage Grouse Protection and Conservation Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) or the Secretary of the Interior to give effect to a statewide conservation and management plan for the protection and recovery of the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) and the Gunnison sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus) from either California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming. Requires the appropriate Secretary to: hold for at least 10 years actions to list the species as endangered or threatened, the enforcement of the listing, and the designation of critical habitat for the species in that state; withdraw any land use planning activities related to federal management of the species on National Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land within the state; and amend federal land use plans with respect to that state to comply with a state plan. Applies these requirements to states that submit a plan or have a plan previously endorsed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Requires the appropriate Secretary to: (1) review statewide plans to determine if they are likely to conserve the species to the point at which the measures provided pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 are no longer necessary; (2) approve or endorse, or make comments on, statewide plans; and (3) provide states with information and make personnel available to help with plans. Prohibits any proposed action pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) that occurs within one of those states from being denied or restricted solely on the basis of such sage-grouse if the action is consistent with a state plan that has been submitted to the appropriate Secretary. | 2023-01-11T13:26:19Z | |
| 113-hr-4524 | 113 | hr | 4524 | Animal Emergency Planning Act of 2014 | Animals | 2014-04-30 | 2014-05-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit. | House | Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] | NV | D | T000468 | 5 | Animal Emergency Planning Act of 2014 - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to require research facilities, dealers, exhibitors, intermediate handlers, and carriers (covered persons) to develop, document, and follow a contingency plan to provide for the humane handling, treatment, transportation, housing, and care of their animals in the event of an emergency or disaster. Requires the plan to: identify situations that the covered person might experience, including natural disasters and emergencies, that would trigger the need to implement the measures identified in the plan; outline tasks to be carried out in response to emergencies or disasters, including animal evacuation or shelter-in-place instructions and provisions for providing backup sources of food and water as well as sanitation, ventilation, bedding, and veterinary care; establish a chain of command and identify the individuals responsible for fulfilling the tasks; and address how response and recovery will be handled in terms of materials, resources, and training needed. Requires covered persons to review their plan at least annually to ensure compliance with this Act, and train personnel in their roles and responsibilities as outlined in the plan, and promptly provide training when the plan changes. Prohibits this Act from preempting state law that provides greater protection for animals. | 2023-01-11T13:26:37Z | |
| 113-hr-4525 | 113 | hr | 4525 | Traveling Exotic Animal Protection Act | Animals | 2014-04-30 | 2014-05-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit. | House | Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] | VA | D | M000933 | 31 | Traveling Exotic Animal Protection Act - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit an exhibitor from allowing for the participation of an exotic or wild animal (including a non-human primate) in an animal act if, during the 15-day period preceding such participation, such animal was traveling in a mobile housing facility, unless the use of such animal is: (1) in an exhibition at a non-mobile, permanent institution or facility; (2) a part of an outreach program for educational or conservation purposes by an accredited zoo or aquarium and such animal is not kept in a mobile housing facility for more than 12 hours a day; (3) by a university, college, laboratory, or other research facility registered with the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA); (4) in film, television, or advertising if such use does not involve a live public exhibition; or (5) in a rodeo. Subjects a traveling circus or exhibitor that fails to comply with this Act to specified penalties. | 2023-01-11T13:26:37Z | |
| 113-hr-4440 | 113 | hr | 4440 | Horse Transportation Safety Act of 2014 | Animals | 2014-04-09 | 2014-04-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. | House | Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] | TN | D | C001068 | 48 | Horse Transportation Safety Act of 2014 - Prohibits a person from transporting a horse in interstate commerce in a motor vehicle (except a vehicle operated exclusively on rail or rails) containing two or more levels stacked on top of one another. Sets forth civil penalties for persons who knowingly violate such prohibition. | 2023-01-11T13:26:39Z | |
| 113-hr-4419 | 113 | hr | 4419 | Sage-Grouse and Endangered Species Conservation and Protection Act | Animals | 2014-04-08 | 2014-06-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. | House | Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2] | NV | R | A000369 | 1 | Sage-Grouse and Endangered Species Conservation and Protection Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to extend to five years the deadlines for determining whether there is substantial evidence in support of a petition to add or remove a species from the list of endangered or threatened species and the petition is warranted. Prohibits a petition from being considered for 10 years after either a determination is made that the petition is not warranted or a regulation to list a species is withdrawn. Requires the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce as appropriate (the Secretary) to make publicly available a cost-benefit analysis of listing the species when a petition is found to be warranted. Prohibits the Secretary from adding to the list a species in a state in which the majority of lands are managed by the federal government, unless specified information is provided to the state. Requires conservation measures to be conducted on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land and National Forest System lands to address the habitat and viability of: (1) endangered or threatened species, and (2) other species to alleviate the need to list a species under such Act. Establishes a program to sell certain public land parcels to generate revenues for such measures. Requires activities on BLM or forest land parcels of 10,000 acres or less and that are related to threats to protected species to be: (1) categorically excluded from the requirements relating to environmental assessments or environmental impact statements under the National Environmental Policy Act, and (2) exempt from the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 and related requirements. Requires the Secretary to use the best scientific and economic data available in conducting the five-year reviews of the status of listed species. Deems a designation of critical habitat that restricts the uses of land to be a regulatory taking of property. | 2023-01-11T13:26:40Z | |
| 113-s-2193 | 113 | s | 2193 | Horse Protection Amendments Act of 2014 | Animals | 2014-04-01 | 2014-04-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] | TN | R | A000360 | 4 | Horse Protection Amendments Act of 2014 - Amends the Horse Protection Act to replace the Designated Qualified Persons program responsible for inspecting horses for soring with a new inspection system. (The soring of horses is any of various actions taken on a horse's limb to produce a higher gait that may cause pain, distress, inflammation, or lameness.) Requires a sore horse to be disqualified from being shown or exhibited for at least 30 days for the first determination that the horse is sore and 90 days for a second determination and any subsequent determination. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a single Horse Industry Organization (HIO) in order to establish a formal affiliation with the management of each horse sale, horse exhibition, and horse sale or auction, appoint inspectors to conduct inspections, contract with equine veterinary experts to advise the HIO Board on objective scientific testing methods and certification of testing results, and otherwise ensure compliance with the Horse Protection Act. Directs the appointment of individuals by the Commissioners of Agriculture for Tennessee and Kentucky to govern the HIO. Requires those individuals to appoint individuals representing the Tennessee Walking Horse industry. | 2023-01-11T13:26:35Z | |
| 113-hr-4148 | 113 | hr | 4148 | Humane Cosmetics Act | Animals | 2014-03-05 | 2014-03-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. | House | Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] | VA | D | M000933 | 56 | Humane Cosmetics Act - Prohibits: (1) any entity from conducting or contracting for cosmetic animal testing in the United States, in or affecting interstate commerce, effective on the date that is one year after enactment of this Act; and (2) selling, offering for sale, or transporting in interstate commerce any cosmetic if the final product or any component was developed or manufactured using cosmetic animal testing conducted or contracted for after such date, effective three years after this Act's enactment. | 2023-01-11T13:26:52Z | |
| 113-sres-374 | 113 | sres | 374 | A resolution designating March 3, 2014, as "World Wildlife Day". | Animals | 2014-03-05 | 2014-03-05 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1326; text as passed Senate: CR S1324-1325) | Senate | Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] | DE | D | C001088 | 7 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates March 3, 2014, as World Wildlife Day. Supports its goals and ideals, including: (1) raising awareness of the benefits that wildlife provides to people and the threats facing wildlife around the world; and (2) escalating the fight against wildlife crime, such as wildlife trafficking. Commends efforts of the United States to mobilize the government in a coordinated, efficient, and effective manner for progress in the fight. Encourages continued cooperation between the United States, international partners, local communities, nonprofit organizations, private industry, and other partner organizations in an effort to conserve and celebrate wildlife. | 2019-02-20T12:28:40Z | |
| 113-hr-4098 | 113 | hr | 4098 | Horse Protection Amendments Act of 2013 | Animals | 2014-02-26 | 2014-02-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. | House | Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7] | TN | R | B001243 | 13 | Horse Protection Amendments Act of 2013 [sic] - Amends the Horse Protection Act to replace the Designated Qualified Persons program responsible for inspecting horses for soring with a new inspection system. (The soring of horses is any of various actions taken on a horse's limb to produce a higher gait that may cause pain, distress, inflammation, or lameness.) Requires the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a single Horse Industry Organization (HIO) in order to establish a formal affiliation with the management of each horse sale, horse exhibition, and horse sale or auction, appoint inspectors to conduct inspections, and otherwise ensure compliance with the Horse Protection Act. Directs the appointment of individuals by the Commissioners of Agriculture for Tennessee and Kentucky to govern the HIO. Requires those individuals to appoint individuals representing the Tennessee Walking Horse industry. | 2023-01-11T13:26:58Z | |
| 113-s-1865 | 113 | s | 1865 | Migratory Bird Habitat Investment and Enhancement Act | Animals | 2013-12-19 | 2014-07-15 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 466. | Senate | Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] | AK | D | B001265 | 3 | Migratory Bird Habitat Investment and Enhancement Act - Amends the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act to allow the Department of the Interior every five years to set the cost for Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps, commonly known as Duck Stamps and required to hunt migratory waterfowl. Limits the cost of the stamp to $25 for the first five years and $30 after that. Permits Interior to waive stamp requirements for certain individuals if it will have a minimal adverse effect on the funds collected. | 2023-01-11T13:23:32Z | |
| 113-hres-433 | 113 | hres | 433 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the practice of using gas chambers to euthanize stray cats and dogs. | Animals | 2013-12-05 | 2013-12-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit. | House | Rep. Barletta, Lou [R-PA-11] | PA | R | B001269 | 0 | Expresses dissatisfaction that the practice of using gas chambers to euthanize stray cats and dogs continues in the United States in the 21st century. | 2023-01-11T13:23:34Z | |
| 113-hr-3556 | 113 | hr | 3556 | Humane Care for Primates Act of 2013 | Animals | 2013-11-20 | 2013-11-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2] | NC | R | E000291 | 43 | Humane Care for Primates Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to promulgate a final rule revising federal regulations regarding the importation of nonhuman primates (i.e. chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, macaques, and numerous other species) to expand the categories of uses for which nonhuman primates may be imported and distributed to include live nonhuman primates imported into the United States by a certified primate sanctuary for purposes of providing lifetime shelter and care. Requires such rule to establish a process for the certification of facilities as primate sanctuaries for purposes of the importation, shelter, and care of nonhuman primates. | 2023-01-11T13:23:48Z | |
| 113-sres-296 | 113 | sres | 296 | A resolution designating the week beginning on October 13, 2013, as "National Wildlife Refuge Week". | Animals | 2013-11-14 | 2013-11-14 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8069; text as passed Senate: CR S8055-8056) | Senate | Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] | DE | D | C001088 | 3 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates the week beginning on October 13, 2013, as National Wildlife Refuge Week. Encourages the observance of National Wildlife Refuge Week with appropriate events and activities. Reaffirms the support of the Senate for wildlife conservation and the National Wildlife Refuge System. | 2019-02-20T12:28:30Z | |
| 113-s-1650 | 113 | s | 1650 | A bill to amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to exempt certain Alaska Native articles from prohibitions against sale of items containing nonedible migratory bird parts, and for other purposes. | Animals | 2013-11-05 | 2014-07-16 | Committee on Environment and Public Works Senate Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-772. | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] | AK | R | M001153 | 0 | Amends the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to provide that nothing in such Act prohibits possessing, selling, bartering, purchasing, shipping, and transporting any authentic Alaska Native handicraft on the basis that it contains a nonedible migratory bird part. Makes such exemption inapplicable with respect to any handicraft containing any part of a migratory bird that was taken in a wasteful manner. | 2023-01-11T13:23:45Z | |
| 113-s-1634 | 113 | s | 1634 | Hunter and Farmer Protection Act of 2013 | Animals | 2013-10-31 | 2013-10-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] | AR | D | P000590 | 4 | Hunter and Farmer Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to permit the taking of any migratory game bird, including waterfowl, coots, and cranes, on or over land that: (1) is not a baited area; and (2) contains a standing crop (including an aquatic crop), standing, flooded, or manipulated natural vegetation, flooded harvested cropland, or an area on which seed or grain has been scattered solely as the result of a normal agricultural practice. | 2023-01-11T13:23:52Z | |
| 113-sres-254 | 113 | sres | 254 | A resolution designating November 2, 2013, as "National Bison Day". | Animals | 2013-09-24 | 2013-10-29 | Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. | Senate | Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] | WY | R | E000285 | 24 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates November 2, 2013, as National Bison Day. Encourages the people of the United States to observe the day with appropriate ceremonies and activities. | 2023-01-11T13:24:02Z | |
| 113-hr-3105 | 113 | hr | 3105 | Aquaculture Risk Reduction Act | Animals | 2013-09-17 | 2014-02-27 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] | AR | R | C001087 | 5 | Aquaculture Risk Reduction Act - Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to exclude from the meaning of the term "fish or wildlife” any animal accidentally included in a shipment of an aquatic species produced in commercial aquaculture for human consumption or for use for recreational or ornamental purposes. | 2023-01-11T13:24:11Z | |
| 113-hr-3109 | 113 | hr | 3109 | To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to exempt certain Alaskan Native articles from prohibitions against sale of items containing nonedible migratory bird parts, and for other purposes. | Animals | 2013-09-17 | 2014-09-09 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to provide that nothing in such Act prohibits possessing, selling, bartering, purchasing, shipping, and transporting any authentic Alaskan Native article of handicraft or clothing on the basis that it contains a nonedible migratory bird part. Makes such exemption inapplicable with respect to any handicraft or clothing containing any part of a migratory bird that was taken in a wasteful manner. | 2023-01-11T13:24:11Z | |
| 113-s-1459 | 113 | s | 1459 | Horse Transportation Safety Act of 2013 | Animals | 2013-08-01 | 2013-08-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] | IL | R | K000360 | 8 | Horse Transportation Safety Act of 2013 - Prohibits a person from transporting a horse in interstate commerce in a motor vehicle (except a vehicle operated exclusively on rail or rails) containing two or more levels stacked on top of one another. Sets forth civil penalties for persons who knowingly violate such prohibition. | 2023-01-11T13:23:24Z | |
| 113-s-1463 | 113 | s | 1463 | Captive Primate Safety Act | Animals | 2013-08-01 | 2014-12-11 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 650. | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 25 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Captive Primate Safety Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to: (1) make nonhuman primates a prohibited wildlife species; and (2) make it unlawful to import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, or purchase them in interstate or foreign commerce. (Sec. 3) Modifies exceptions to restrictions on such transactions in prohibited wildlife species, making them inapplicable to a person who: (1) is a licensed and inspected person only if the person does not allow direct contact between the public and prohibited wildlife species, or (2) is transporting under certain conditions a single primate of the genus Cebus that was obtained from and trained by a charitable organization to assist a permanently disabled individual with a severe mobility impairment. Removes state-licensed wildlife rehabilitators from the list of entities exempted from the restrictions. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for violations of the requirements of this Act. | 2023-01-11T13:23:24Z | |
| 113-s-1406 | 113 | s | 1406 | PAST Act | Animals | 2013-07-31 | 2014-09-15 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 562. | Senate | Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] | NH | R | A000368 | 59 | Prevent All Soring Tactics Act of 2014 or the PAST Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the Horse Protection Act (HPA) to replace the Designated Qualified Persons program responsible for inspecting horses for soring with a new inspection system. (The soring of horses is any of various actions taken on a horse's limb to produce a higher gait that may cause pain, distress, inflammation, or lameness.) Directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to prescribe regulatory requirements to license, train, assign, and oversee persons who are to be hired by the management of horse shows, exhibitions, sales, or auctions and are qualified to detect and diagnose sore horses or otherwise inspect horses at such events. Prohibits issuing a license to any person unless such person is free from conflicts of interest. Authorizes USDA to revoke a license for unsatisfactory performance. Requires USDA to give a preference to persons who are licensed or accredited veterinarians in issuing the licenses. Requires USDA to assign USDA-licensed inspectors after receiving notice that management intends to hire the inspectors. Directs an inspector to issue a citation for violations and notify USDA of the violations within five days of the citation being issued. Requires USDA to: (1) publish on the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's website information on violations of such Act; and (2) disqualify a horse that is sore for specified time periods that increase after the first, second, and third instance. Prohibits a person in any horse show, horse exhibition, or horse sale or auction from causing or directing a horse to become sore for the purpose of showing, exhibiting, selling, auctioning, or offering for sale the horse. Prohibits showing, exhibiting, selling, or auctioning a Tennessee Walking, a Racking, or a Spotted Saddle horse with: (1) an action device that causes friction by rotating around a horse's leg or sliding up and down the leg or strikes the hoof, coronet band, fetlock joint, or pastern of the horse; or (2) a weighted shoe, pad, wed… | 2023-01-11T13:24:21Z | |
| 113-hr-2856 | 113 | hr | 2856 | Captive Primate Safety Act | Animals | 2013-07-30 | 2013-08-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8] | PA | R | F000451 | 152 | Captive Primate Safety Act - Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to add nonhuman primates to the definition of "prohibited wildlife species" for purposes of the prohibition against the sale or purchase of such species in interstate or foreign commerce. Makes it unlawful for a person to import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, or purchase a live animal of any prohibited wildlife species in interstate or foreign commerce (i.e., for pet trade purposes). Modifies exceptions to such prohibition, including by making it inapplicable to a person who is: (1) a licensed and inspected person who does not allow direct contact between the public and prohibited wildlife species, and (2) transporting a single primate of the genus Cebus that was obtained from and trained by a charitable organization to assist a permanently disabled individual with a severe mobility impairment. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for violations of the requirements of this Act. | 2023-01-11T13:24:28Z | |
| 113-s-1381 | 113 | s | 1381 | Big Cats and Public Safety Protection Act | Animals | 2013-07-29 | 2014-07-16 | Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-772. | Senate | Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] | CT | D | B001277 | 6 | Big Cats and Public Safety Protection Act - Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit any person from importing, exporting, transporting, selling, receiving, acquiring, purchasing in interstate or foreign commerce, breeding, or possessing any prohibited wildlife species (current law prohibits importing, exporting, transporting, selling, receiving, acquiring, or purchasing such a species in interstate or foreign commerce). Includes among exemptions to such prohibition the breeding transportation, or possession of such species by authorized persons. Defines "breeding" as facilitating the propagation or reproduction (whether intentionally or negligently), or failing to prevent the propagation or reproduction, of a prohibited wildlife species or other animal. Removes from the list of persons authorized to import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, purchase, breed, or possess such species a person that is licensed or registered, and inspected, by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) or any other federal agency with respect to such species. Includes in such list: an institution accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) or certified related facilities that coordinate with an AZA Species Survival Plan for breeding of species listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973; a wildlife sanctuary that cares for such species, is a tax exempt corporation, does not commercially trade in or propagate such species, does not allow direct contact between the public and animals, and does not allow the transportation and display of such species off-site; a person that is in possession of animals of such species that were born before the date of this Act's enactment and that are registered with APHIS within 180 days after such regulations are promulgated; and a traveling circus that regularly travels in interstate commerce to conduct performances featuring live prohibited wildlife species and multiple trained human entertainers, that does … | 2023-01-11T13:24:22Z | |
| 113-hr-2796 | 113 | hr | 2796 | Wildlife VET Act | Animals | 2013-07-23 | 2013-08-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit. | House | Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] | FL | D | H000324 | 7 | Wildlife Veterinarians Employment and Training Act or the Wildlife VET Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to award grants to wildlife or veterinary institutions to create additional clinical and research positions for wildlife and zoological veterinarians, with preference to institutions that will create positions in areas of need, including wildlife disease research and training, disease surveillance, ecology and wildlife population management, and conservation and management of the health of endangered, threatened, and sensitive species. Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) the Wildlife and Zoological Veterinary Workforce Loan Repayment Program to repay educational loans of applicants who have received a doctoral degree in veterinary medicine or a graduate degree in veterinary medicine after receiving such doctoral degree, or who are enrolled in an accredited program that leads to such a degree, and who agree to serve for at least four consecutive years at a wildlife or veterinary institution as a wildlife or zoological veterinarian; and (2) the Wildlife and Zoological Veterinary Workforce Scholarship Program to award students enrolled in an accredited school or college of veterinary medicine scholarships in exchange for entering a contract to serve for at least four consecutive years as wildlife or zoological veterinarians at wildlife or veterinary institutions. Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish a pilot program to award competitive grants to accredited schools and colleges of veterinary medicine to develop or improve new or existing curricula that specialize in wildlife or zoological veterinary medicine; and (2) award competitive grants to eligible wildlife or veterinary institutions to establish or expand, for traineeship candidates, training programs (including externship, internship, fellowship, or residency programs) that will enhance the ability of a trainee to practice as a wildlife or zoological veterinarian. | 2023-01-11T13:24:29Z | |
| 113-hr-2799 | 113 | hr | 2799 | SHARE Act | Animals | 2013-07-23 | 2014-01-29 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 249. | House | Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5] | OH | R | L000566 | 7 | Sportsmen's Heritage And Recreational Enhancement or SHARE Act - Amends the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act to establish the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee to advise the Secretaries of the Interior and of Agriculture (USDA) on wildlife and habitat conservation, hunting, and recreational shooting. Requires the Advisory Committee to report annually to the Secretaries and to Congress. Exempts the Advisory Committee from the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Abolishes the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council. | 2023-01-11T13:23:31Z | |
| 113-hr-2705 | 113 | hr | 2705 | Stanislaus River Native Anadromous Fish Improvement Act | Animals | 2013-07-17 | 2013-07-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power. | House | Rep. Denham, Jeff [R-CA-10] | CA | R | D000612 | 1 | Stanislaus River Native Anadromous Fish Improvement Act - Directs the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, the Oakdale Irrigation District, and the South San Joaquin Irrigation District to jointly develop and conduct a pilot non-native predator fish removal program to remove non-native striped bass, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, black bass, and other non-native predator fish from the Stanislaus River. Requires the program to: (1) be scientifically based; (2) include methods to quantify the number and size of predator fish removed each year, the impact of such removal on the overall abundance of predator fish, and the impact of such removal on the populations of certain juvenile anadromous fish found in the Stanislaus River; and (3) be implemented for five consecutive years. Requires such Districts to be responsible for the cost of such program. Directs the Commissioner to post a monthly summary of the raw data on the Bureau website. Requires the Commissioner and districts, following the completion of the program, to publish a peer reviewed report that discusses findings and makes recommendations for further study and action. Voids and preempts any California legal restriction imposed on the catch, take, or harvest of any non-native or introduced aquatic or terrestrial species that preys upon specified stocks of anadromous fish and that occupies or is found in the Stanislaus River. Defines "anadromous fish" as native stocks of salmon (including steelhead) that, as of October 30, 1992, were present in and had not been extirpated from the Stanislaus River and that ascend such river to reproduce after maturing in San Francisco Bay or the Pacific Ocean. Excludes any stock, strain, or member of American shad, sockeye salmon, or striped bass. Prohibits a definition of "anadromous fish" provided in the Central Valley Project Improvement Act from applying to the operation of New Melones Dam and Reservoir or to any federal action in the Stanislaus River. Requires this Act and the author… | 2023-01-11T13:24:32Z | |
| 113-sres-174 | 113 | sres | 174 | A resolution designating June 20, 2013, as "American Eagle Day", and celebrating the recovery and restoration of the bald eagle, the national symbol of the United States. | Animals | 2013-06-18 | 2013-06-18 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4620; text as passed Senate: CR S4590-4591) | Senate | Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] | TN | R | A000360 | 7 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates June 20, 2013, as American Eagle Day. Applauds the issuance of bald eagle commemorative coins by the Secretary of the Treasury as a means by which to generate critical funds for the protection of bald eagles. Encourages educational entities, organizations, businesses, conservation groups, and government agencies with a shared interest in conserving endangered species to collaborate and develop educational tools for use in the public schools of the United States. | 2022-03-03T21:29:08Z | |
| 113-hr-2224 | 113 | hr | 2224 | Pet Safety and Protection Act of 2013 | Animals | 2013-06-03 | 2013-06-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit. | House | Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14] | PA | D | D000482 | 78 | Pet Safety and Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to list permissible sources of dogs and cats used by research facilities to include dogs and cats obtained: (1) from a licensed dealer, (2) from a publicly owned and operated pound or shelter that meets specified requirements, (3) by donation from a person who bred and raised the dog or cat or owned it for not less than one year, or (4) from a research facility licensed by the Secretary of Agriculture. Sets forth additional monetary penalties for related violations. Prohibits federal facilities from purchasing or otherwise acquiring dogs or cats for exhibition purposes (currently, for research, experimentation, or exhibition purposes) except from: (1) the operator of an auction that comports with legal requirements, or (2) a person holding a valid dealer or exhibitor license. Prohibits dealers from selling or otherwise providing any research facility (currently, any individual or entity) with random source dogs or cats unless specified certification requirements are met. | 2023-01-11T13:24:54Z | |
| 113-hr-2158 | 113 | hr | 2158 | Expedited Departure of Certain Snake Species Act | Animals | 2013-05-23 | 2014-09-15 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 443. | House | Rep. Fleming, John [R-LA-4] | LA | R | F000456 | 0 | Expedited Departure of Certain Snake Species Act - Eases restrictions on transporting invasive animals under the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 for the transport of the Burmese python, Indian python, Northern African python, Southern African python, and Yellow anaconda. Allows an intermediate stop during the transport of those snakes if: (1) the stop is made in a designated airport in the course of transport that begins at a designated airport and ends at a place outside of the United States no later than 48 hours after the transport begins, (2) the transport does not include a stop in Hawaii, or (3) the snake is in a qualified secure container during transport between aircraft used to transport the snake outside of the United States. | 2023-01-11T13:25:40Z | |
| 113-s-969 | 113 | s | 969 | A bill to amend the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act to reauthorize the Act. | Animals | 2013-05-16 | 2014-06-05 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 419. | Senate | Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] | MD | D | C000141 | 0 | Amends the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act to authorize $6.5 million for each of FY2014-FY2019 to carry out such Act. | 2023-01-11T13:24:57Z | |
| 113-hr-1998 | 113 | hr | 1998 | Big Cats and Public Safety Protection Act | Animals | 2013-05-15 | 2013-05-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25] | CA | R | M000508 | 118 | Big Cats and Public Safety Protection Act - Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit any person from importing, exporting, transporting, selling, receiving, acquiring, purchasing in interstate or foreign commerce, breeding, or possessing any prohibited wildlife species (current law prohibits importing, exporting, transporting, selling, receiving, acquiring, or purchasing such a species in interstate or foreign commerce). Includes among exemptions to such prohibition the breeding transportation, or possession of such species by authorized persons. Defines "breeding" as facilitating the propagation or reproduction (whether intentionally or negligently), or failing to prevent the propagation or reproduction, of a prohibited wildlife species or other animal. Removes from the list of persons authorized to import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, purchase, breed, or possess such species a person that is licensed or registered, and inspected, by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) or any other federal agency with respect to such species. Includes in such list: an institution accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) or certified related facilities that coordinate with an AZA Species Survival Plan for breeding of species listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973; a wildlife sanctuary that cares for such species, is a tax exempt corporation, does not commercially trade in or propagate such species, does not allow direct contact between the public and animals, and does not allow the transportation and display of such species off-site; a person that is in possession of animals of such species that were born before the date of this Act's enactment and that are registered with APHIS within 180 days after such regulations are promulgated; and a traveling circus that regularly travels in interstate commerce to conduct performances featuring live prohibited wildlife species and multiple trained human entertainers, that does … | 2023-01-11T13:23:18Z | |
| 113-hres-208 | 113 | hres | 208 | Expressing opposition to the use of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, nitrous oxide, argon, or other gases to euthanize shelter animals and support for State laws that require the use of the more humane euthanasia by injection method. | Animals | 2013-05-08 | 2013-05-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit. | House | Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] | VA | D | M000933 | 56 | Expresses: (1) disapproval of the use of gas chambers to euthanize shelter animals, and (2) support for the enactment of state laws requiring the use of euthanasia by injection with sodium pentobarbital as the standard method of euthanasia for all animal shelters. Encourages states to allow licensed shelters to purchase necessary euthanasia drugs, subject to appropriate training and certification. | 2023-01-11T13:25:02Z | |
| 113-hr-1866 | 113 | hr | 1866 | Enhancement of Species Survival Act | Animals | 2013-05-07 | 2013-05-07 | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 0 | Enhancement of Species Survival Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to define the term "enhancement of propagation or survival" to mean directly or indirectly improving a species' sustainability in the wild. Requires the Secretary (Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Commerce, or the Secretary of Agriculture, as the case may be) (who under existing law is already authorized) to allow certain prohibited acts for scientific purposes or to enhance the propagation or survival of endangered species of fish or wildlife or plants, including, but not limited to, acts necessary for the establishment and maintenance of experimental populations of such species. Authorizes the appropriate Secretary to allow the otherwise prohibited taking of any such species within the United States or the U.S. territorial sea if it is incidental to, and not the purpose of, carrying out of an otherwise lawful activity. Directs the appropriate Secretary to permit the importation of a sport-hunted trophy or other specimen that was legally taken from a population of a species not native to the United States (including a domestic population of such species), if it is listed as an endangered or threatened species under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, and all trade in the trophy or specimen is in accordance with Convention requirements and relevant resolutions and quotas adopted by the Convention. Requires also permission to import a sport-hunted trophy or other specimen of a marine mammal that has been legally taken from a depleted population stock listed as an endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. | 2019-11-15T21:24:41Z | |
| 113-hr-1788 | 113 | hr | 1788 | Cormorant Management and Natural Resources Protection Act | Animals | 2013-04-26 | 2013-05-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Bachmann, Michele [R-MN-6] | MN | R | B001256 | 10 | Cormorant Management and Natural Resources Protection Act - Amends the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to delegate the authority of the Secretary of the Interior under such Act with respect to double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) to a state on the date the Secretary approves a cormorant management plan submitted by such state. Requires the Secretary to: (1) approve or disapprove a management plan within 60 days of the plan's submission, (2) approve such plan if it is in accordance with U.S. obligations under treaties and federal law, (3) provide to the relevant governor the reasons for disapproving a plan and an opportunity to revise and resubmit the plan, (4) review each approved state management plan every five years, and (5) revoke such approval and delegation if the plan or the governor's exercise of delegated authority is not in accordance with such Act or any treaty implemented by such Act. Deems a management plan approved if the Secretary doesn't approve or disapprove it within 60 days after submission. Applies an approved management plan in lieu of regulations issued under such Act. Requires the Secretary to conduct educational and informational activities for the owners and operators of aquaculture facilities to improve their efforts to prevent cormorants from consuming aquatic species being reared in such facilities. | 2022-11-15T16:33:17Z | |
| 113-hr-1818 | 113 | hr | 1818 | Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2013 | Animals | 2013-04-26 | 2013-09-10 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 149. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 3 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2013 - Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue a permit for the importation of any polar bear part (other than an internal organ) from a polar bear taken in a sport hunt in Canada to any person who submits proof that the polar bear was legally harvested before May 15, 2008 (currently by February 18, 1997), when polar bears were listed as a threatened species by the Department of the Interior. | 2023-01-11T13:24:13Z | |
| 113-hr-1819 | 113 | hr | 1819 | Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act of 2013 | Animals | 2013-04-26 | 2013-05-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 0 | Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act of 2013 - Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the importation of polar bear parts taken legally in sport hunts in Canada. | 2022-11-15T16:32:31Z | |
| 113-s-847 | 113 | s | 847 | Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2013 | Animals | 2013-04-25 | 2013-04-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] | ID | R | C000880 | 1 | Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2013 - Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue a permit for the importation of any polar bear part (other than an internal organ) from a polar bear taken in a sport hunt in Canada to any person who submits proof that the polar bear was legally harvested before May 15, 2008 (currently by February 18, 1997), when polar bears were listed as a threatened species by the Department of the Interior. | 2022-11-15T16:32:44Z | |
| 113-s-738 | 113 | s | 738 | Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 | Animals | 2013-04-16 | 2013-04-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] | MS | R | W000437 | 7 | Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 - Grants the Secretary of the Interior permanent authority to authorize any state to issue electronic duck stamps. Sets forth state electronic duck stamp application requirements. | 2022-11-15T16:33:02Z | |
| 113-hr-1518 | 113 | hr | 1518 | PAST Act | Animals | 2013-04-11 | 2013-04-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. | House | Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1] | KY | R | W000413 | 307 | Prevent All Soring Tactics Act of 2013 or the PAST Act - Amends the Horse Protection Act (HPA) to replace the Designated Qualified Persons program responsible for inspecting horses for soring with a new inspection system. (The soring of horses is any of various actions taken on a horse's limb to produce a higher gait that may cause pain, distress, inflammation, or lameness.) Directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to prescribe regulatory requirements to license, train, assign, and oversee persons who are to be hired by the management of horse shows, exhibitions, sales, or auctions and are qualified to detect and diagnose sore horses or otherwise inspect horses at such events. Prohibits issuing a license to any person unless such person is free from conflicts of interest. Authorizes USDA to revoke a license for unsatisfactory performance. Requires USDA to give a preference to persons who are licensed or accredited veterinarians in issuing the licenses. Requires USDA to assign USDA-licensed inspectors after receiving notice that management intends to hire the inspectors. Directs an inspector to issue a citation for violations and notify USDA of the violations within five days of the citation being issued. Requires USDA to: (1) publish on the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's website information on violations of such Act; and (2) disqualify a horse that is sore for specified time periods that increase after the first, second, and third instance. Prohibits a person in any horse show, horse exhibition, or horse sale or auction from causing or directing a horse to become sore for the purpose of showing, exhibiting, selling, auctioning, or offering for sale the horse. Prohibits showing, exhibiting, selling, or auctioning a Tennessee Walking, a Racking, or a Spotted Saddle horse with: (1) an action device that causes friction by rotating around a horse's leg or sliding up and down the leg or strikes the hoof, coronet band, fetlock joint, or pastern of the horse; or (2) a weighted shoe, pad, wedge, hoof … | 2022-11-15T16:32:32Z | |
| 113-hr-1308 | 113 | hr | 1308 | Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act | Animals | 2013-03-21 | 2014-01-23 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 246. | House | Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4] | WA | R | H000329 | 4 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act - Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to authorize the Secretary of the department in which the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is operating to issue one-year permits to Washington, Oregon, Idaho, the Nez Perce Tribe, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, and the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission for the lethal taking on the waters of the Columbia River or its tributaries of sea lions that are part of a healthy population that is not listed as an endangered species or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 in order to protect endangered and threatened species of salmon and other nonlisted fish species. Authorizes the Secretary to renew such permits. Prohibits such a permit from authorizing the lethal taking of more than 10 sea lions. Limits the cumulative annual taking of sea lions each year under all such permits to 1% of the annual potential biological removal level. Authorizes the Secretary to suspend the issuance of such permits if, after five years, lethal removal authority is no longer necessary to protect salmonid and other fish species from sea lion predation. Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) preventing predation by sea lions, recovery of listed salmonid stocks, and preventing future listings of fish stocks in the Columbia River is a vital priority; (2) permit holders exercising lethal removal authority should be trained in wildlife management; and (3) the government should continue to fund lethal and nonlethal removal measures for preventing such predation. | 2022-11-15T16:33:57Z | |
| 113-hr-1328 | 113 | hr | 1328 | Great Ape Conservation Reauthorization Amendments Act of 2013 | Animals | 2013-03-21 | 2013-04-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-11] | CA | D | M000725 | 6 | Great Ape Conservation Reauthorization Amendments Act of 2013 - Amends the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to award a multi-year grant to an eligible person to implement a great ape conservation project that the person demonstrates is an effective, long-term conservation strategy for great apes and their habitats. Requires the Secretary to convene a panel of experts to identify the greatest needs and priorities for the conservation of great apes within a year of this Act's enactment and every five years thereafter (current law authorizes the Secretary to convene a panel to consider the greatest conservation needs every two years). Requires the panel to include representatives from foreign range states with expertise in great ape conservation and to consider relevant great ape conservation plans or strategies, including scientific research and findings related to: (1) conservation needs and priorities of great apes, (2) regional or species-specific action plans or strategies, (3) applicable strategies developed or initiated by the Secretary, and (4) any other applicable conservation plan or strategy. Authorizes the Secretary to pay expenses of convening and facilitating meetings of the panel. Authorizes appropriations for the Great Ape Conservation Fund for FY2014-FY2018. | 2022-11-15T16:32:26Z | |
| 113-hr-1291 | 113 | hr | 1291 | To reauthorize the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act. | Animals | 2013-03-20 | 2013-03-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] | WI | D | K000188 | 3 | Amends the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act to authorize the appropriation to the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Fund of such sums as are necessary to carry out such Act for FY2014-FY2019. | 2019-11-15T21:24:46Z | |
| 113-hr-1206 | 113 | hr | 1206 | Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 | Animals | 2013-03-14 | 2014-12-18 | Became Public Law No: 113-239. | House | Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] | VA | R | W000804 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.) Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 - Grants the Secretary of the Interior permanent authority to authorize any state to issue electronic duck stamps. Sets forth state electronic duck stamp application requirements. Allows the Secretary to determine the number of new states permitted per year to participate in the electronic duck stamp program. Instructs the Secretary to require electronic stamp revenue and customer information collected by each state to be transmitted in accordance with a written agreement between the Secretary and the state. | 2023-03-22T18:49:15Z | |
| 113-hr-1137 | 113 | hr | 1137 | Joint Ventures for Bird Habitat Conservation Act of 2013 | Animals | 2013-03-13 | 2013-03-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] | WI | D | K000188 | 1 | Joint Ventures for Bird Habitat Conservation Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct, through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a Joint Ventures Program to develop a framework for the approval and establishment of Joint Ventures that: (1) provide financial and technical assistance to support regional migratory bird conservation partnerships, (2) develop and implement plans for the protection and enhancement of migratory bird populations, (3) complement and support activities by the Secretary and the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to fulfill obligations under specified migratory bird and conservation Acts, and (4) support other specified goals and objectives. Authorizes the Director to enter into agreements with eligible partners to establish Joint Ventures to: (1) promote sustainable migratory bird populations and fish and wildlife, (2) encourage stakeholder and government partnerships, and (3) establish science-based migratory bird conservation plans and promote broader landscape-level conservation of fish and wildlife habitat. Specifies that eligible partners include: (1) federal and state agencies; (2) affected regional, local, and tribal governments, private landowners, land managers, and other private stakeholders; (3) certain nongovernmental organizations; and (4) other relevant stakeholders. Authorizes the Director to award Joint Venture financial assistance grants. | 2023-01-11T13:23:14Z | |
| 113-sres-70 | 113 | sres | 70 | A resolution designating the last full week of July 2013 as "National Moth Week", recognizing the importance of moths in the United States, and recognizing the value of National Moth Week for promoting the conservation of moths and increasing the awareness, study, and appreciation of moths, their incredible biodiversity, and their importance to ecosystem health. | Animals | 2013-03-07 | 2013-03-07 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1272) | Senate | Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] | NJ | D | M000639 | 1 | Designates the last full week of July 2013 as National Moth Week. Recognizes the importance of moths in the United States and the value of National Moth Week for promoting the conservation of moths and increasing the awareness, study, and appreciation of moths, their biodiversity, and their importance to ecosystem health. | 2022-11-15T16:33:20Z | |
| 113-hr-847 | 113 | hr | 847 | Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act | Animals | 2013-02-27 | 2013-03-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit. | House | Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6] | PA | R | G000549 | 136 | Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to define a "high volume retail breeder" as a person who, in commerce, for compensation or profit: (1) has an ownership interest in or custody of one or more breeding female dogs; and (2) sells, via any means of conveyance, more than 50 of the offspring of such dogs for use as pets in any one-year period. Considers such a breeder of dogs to be a dealer. Requires dealers to include on licensing applications and annual renewals the total number of dogs exempted from exercise on the premises of the dealer in the preceding year by a licensed veterinarian. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to promulgate requirements for the exercise of dogs at facilities owned or operated by a dealer, including requiring daily access to exercise that: (1) allows the dogs to move sufficiently in a way that is not forced, repetitive, or restrictive; and (2) is in an area that is spacious, cleaned at least once a day, free of infestation by pests or vermin, and designed to prevent the dogs from escaping. Allows an exemption if: (1) a licensed veterinarian determines that a dog should not exercise because of the health, condition, or well-being of the dog; and (2) such determination is reviewed and updated at least once every 30 days by the veterinarian, unless the basis for the determination is a permanent condition. Subjects such a determination to review and approval by the Secretary. | 2022-11-15T16:33:54Z | |
| 113-s-395 | 113 | s | 395 | Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act | Animals | 2013-02-27 | 2013-02-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S944-945) | Senate | Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000563 | 26 | Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to define a "high volume retail breeder" as a person who, in commerce, for compensation or profit: (1) has an ownership interest in or custody of one or more breeding female dogs; and (2) sells, via any means of conveyance, more than 50 of the offspring of such dogs for use as pets in any one-year period. Considers such a breeder of dogs to be a dealer. Requires dealers to include on licensing applications and annual renewals the total number of dogs exempted from exercise on the premises of the dealer in the preceding year by a licensed veterinarian. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to promulgate requirements for the exercise of dogs at facilities owned or operated by a dealer, including requiring daily access to exercise that: (1) allows the dogs to move sufficiently in a way that is not forced, repetitive, or restrictive; and (2) is in an area that is spacious, cleaned at least once a day, free of infestation by pests or vermin, and designed to prevent the dogs from escaping. Allows an exemption if: (1) a licensed veterinarian determines that a dog should not exercise because of the health, condition, or well-being of the dog; and (2) such determination is reviewed and updated at least once every 30 days by the veterinarian, unless the basis for the determination is a permanent condition. Subjects such a determination to review and approval by the Secretary. | 2022-11-15T16:33:26Z | |
| 113-hres-63 | 113 | hres | 63 | Expressing support for designation of the first Saturday in October as "National Animal Rescue Day/Winslow's Day" to create awareness, educate humans of the importance of adoption, and create a humane environment for any pet, including the importance of spaying and neutering of animals, and the encouragement of animal adoptions throughout the United States. | Animals | 2013-02-12 | 2013-02-12 | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 26 | Supports the designation of a National Animal Rescue Day/Winslow's Day to create awareness for animal rescue programs throughout the year and address the challenge of overpopulation through continued spaying and neutering. | 2022-11-15T16:35:00Z | |
| 113-hr-576 | 113 | hr | 576 | Save Endangered Species Act of 2013 | Animals | 2013-02-06 | 2013-02-06 | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. | House | Rep. Stockman, Steve [R-TX-36] | TX | R | S000937 | 2 | Save Endangered Species Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to reissue the final rule published on September 2, 2005, which allows for the taking, export or re-import, delivery, receipt, carrying, and transport, shipment, or sale in interstate or foreign commerce, in the course of a commercial activity, of U.S. captive-bred live scimitar-horned oryx, addax, or dama gazelle, including embryos, gametes, and sport-hunted trophies, as long as certain criteria are met, including that the purpose of such activity is associated with the management or transfer of live wildlife or sport hunting in a manner that contributes to increasing or sustaining captive numbers or to potential reintroduction to range countries. Directs the Secretary to reissue such rule without regard to any other statute or regulation that applies to issuance of such rule. Exempts such reissuance from judicial review. | 2019-11-15T21:24:32Z | |
| 113-s-89 | 113 | s | 89 | Migratory Bird Treaty Amendment Act of 2013 | Animals | 2013-01-23 | 2013-01-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] | LA | R | V000127 | 0 | Migratory Bird Treaty Amendment Act of 2013 - Amends the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to allow an agricultural producer, or a hunter with the producer's permission, to take migratory game birds by the aid of baiting, if: (1) the manipulation occurs on the producer's land on which a crop was not harvestable during the current or immediately preceding crop year due to a natural disaster, and (2) a local representative of the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) confirms that the crop has been destroyed and that it would not be economically practicable to harvest the crop. | 2023-01-11T13:23:12Z | |
| 113-hr-39 | 113 | hr | 39 | Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2013 | Animals | 2013-01-03 | 2013-01-31 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 5 | Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Authorizes appropriations to carry out the African Elephant Conservation Act, the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994, and the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 for FY2014-FY2018. | 2022-11-15T16:33:27Z |
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