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| 114-s-3497 | 114 | s | 3497 | Safeguard Aquaculture Farmers Act | Animals | 2016-12-05 | 2016-12-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] | AR | R | C001095 | 4 | Safeguard Aquaculture Farmers Act This bill provides the force and effect of law for certain regulations that allow for the taking of double- crested cormorants (birds) that eat fish at aquaculture facilities. | 2023-01-11T13:33:52Z | |
| 114-hr-6425 | 114 | hr | 6425 | Safeguard Aquaculture Farmers Act | Animals | 2016-12-02 | 2016-12-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. | House | Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] | AR | R | C001087 | 8 | Safeguard Aquaculture Farmers Act This bill provides the force and effect of law for certain regulations that allow for the taking of double-crested cormorants (birds) that eat fish at aquaculture facilities. | 2023-01-11T13:33:57Z | |
| 114-hr-6410 | 114 | hr | 6410 | To prohibit the commercial harvesting of Atlantic striped bass in the coastal waters and the exclusive economic zone. | Animals | 2016-11-30 | 2016-12-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans. | House | Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] | NJ | D | P000034 | 0 | This bill makes it unlawful to engage in the commercial harvesting of Atlantic striped bass in the coastal waters or in the U.S. exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The EEZ is a zone contiguous to the territorial sea, including zones contiguous to the territorial sea of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and United States overseas territories and possessions. Violators are subject to civil penalties and forfeitures. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission must amend its Interstate Fisheries Management Plan for Atlantic striped bass to take in to account this prohibition.Similarly, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must adjust the scope of its Albemarle Sound-Roanoke River Basin Striped Bass Study. | 2023-01-11T13:34:00Z | |
| 114-hr-6342 | 114 | hr | 6342 | Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act | Animals | 2016-11-17 | 2016-12-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture. | House | Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] | AZ | D | G000551 | 2 | Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act This bill amends the Animal Welfare Act to establish a prohibition on the use of exotic or wild animals in performances (e.g., circus, ride, carnival, or parade) of a traveling animal act. The prohibition does not apply to the use of animals in: (1) zoos; (2) aquariums; (3) research facilities; (4) film, television, or advertising, if the performance is not before a public studio audience; or (5) rodeos. The prohibition also does not apply to domestic animals or farm animals. | 2023-01-11T13:34:03Z | |
| 114-sres-594 | 114 | sres | 594 | A resolution expressing support for designation of the third Saturday in October 2016 as "National Animal Rescue Day" to create awareness of and educate individuals on the importance of adoption of animals, to create a humane environment for any pet, and to encourage animal adoptions throughout the United States. | Animals | 2016-09-29 | 2016-09-29 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6256-6257; text as passed Senate: CR S6275) | Senate | Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] | NJ | D | M000639 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Supports the designation of a National Animal Rescue Day to create awareness for animal rescue programs throughout the year . | 2018-06-02T06:22:06Z | |
| 114-hconres-170 | 114 | hconres | 170 | Expressing support for the designation of a "National Purebred Dog Day". | Animals | 2016-09-28 | 2016-09-28 | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | House | Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3] | FL | R | Y000065 | 1 | Expresses support for the designation of a National Purebred Dog Day. | 2023-01-11T13:33:08Z | |
| 114-hres-909 | 114 | hres | 909 | Expressing support for the right to rescue animals. | Animals | 2016-09-28 | 2016-10-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture. | House | Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17] | CA | D | H001034 | 0 | Expresses support for: (1) the safety, welfare, and humane treatment of animals; (2) Good Samaritans who rescue animals in imminent danger in unattended vehicles; and (3) efforts for protecting them from liability. | 2023-01-11T13:33:36Z | |
| 114-sres-572 | 114 | sres | 572 | A resolution designating November 5, 2016, as National Bison Day. | Animals | 2016-09-20 | 2016-09-20 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text as passed Senate: CR S5909-5910) | Senate | Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] | WY | R | E000285 | 13 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates November 5, 2016, as National Bison Day. | 2018-06-02T06:21:50Z | |
| 114-hr-5954 | 114 | hr | 5954 | Limiting Inhumane Federal Trapping for Public Safety Act | Animals | 2016-09-08 | 2016-09-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. | House | Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] | OR | D | B000574 | 5 | Limiting Inhumane Federal Trapping for Public Safety Act This bill prohibits any personnel of the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture (USDA), in performing their duties, from using, recommending, training in the use of, or planning for the use of, any body-gripping trap used to kill or capture an animal. This prohibition does not apply to training in the dismantling of body-gripping traps that have been illegally placed. No person shall use or possess any body-gripping trap on property under the administrative jurisdiction of Interior or USDA, except in Indian country, regardless of whether the person is employed by, or is working under a contract with, Interior or USDA. Such prohibitions shall not apply to the use of a body-gripping trap to: control documented, invasive species to achieve resource management objectives where alternative methods have failed; or protect a species that is listed as an endangered or threatened species or treated by the Forest Service as a sensitive species. Such exceptions shall not apply unless: such use of a body-gripping trap is in accordance with state and federal law; prior to using such a trap, all available and viable nonlethal methods for such control or protection have been attempted; and such attempts have been documented in writing, and the documentation is maintained at the headquarters of the department that employs the individual engaging in such attempt. The bill imposes criminal penalties for violating the prohibitions in this bill. | 2023-01-11T13:33:51Z | |
| 114-hres-838 | 114 | hres | 838 | Expressing support for designation of April 11 as "National Pet Adoption Day" and the month of April as "National Pet Adoption Month" to highlight the important role pets play in the lives of United States citizens. | Animals | 2016-07-14 | 2016-07-14 | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | House | Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25] | TX | R | W000816 | 15 | Supports the designation of April 11 as National Pet Adoption Day and the month of April as National Pet Adoption Month. | 2023-01-11T13:33:17Z | |
| 114-hr-5751 | 114 | hr | 5751 | Shiras Moose Protection and Recovery Act | Animals | 2016-07-13 | 2016-07-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. | House | Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3] | UT | R | C001076 | 5 | Shiras Moose Protection and Recovery Act This bill allows a state to take management actions on covered federal lands within its boundaries to stem the population decline of the Shiras Moose if a portion of the state is within the range of the moose, including by formulating a recovery plan that mitigates the population decline. Upon request, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) must provide funding for state implementation of a plan from funds appropriated to the USFWS for implementing its Northern Rocky Mountain Gray Wolf Recovery Plan and any of its other gray wolf recovery or monitoring plans. Utah and Colorado may manage Shiras Moose and their predators on federal, state, and private lands to prevent declines in moose populations within their respective state. They must collect, analyze, and disseminate data on the results of such management. The Department of the Interior must issue as a final rule the draft rule entitled, "Removing the Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Maintaining Protections for the Mexican Wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) by Listing It as Endangered," as published on June 13, 2013. The bill exempts the requirements and implementation of this bill from judicial review. | 2023-01-11T13:33:24Z | |
| 114-hr-5776 | 114 | hr | 5776 | Marine Mammal Research and Response Act of 2016 | Animals | 2016-07-13 | 2016-07-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 1 | Marine Mammal Research and Response Act of 2016 This bill reauthorizes through FY2022 and revises the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, including by expanding the Act and the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Response Grant Program to include assistance for marine mammals that are entangled in material (e.g. fishing gear) and are on U.S. beaches or shores, or in U.S. navigable waters. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) must develop a program to make publicly available certain data collected under this bill. The bill requires sums received for marine mammal conservation (e.g. fines for violations) and sums received from emergency declaration grants for marine mammal conservation to be deposited into the Marine Mammal Unusual Mortality Event Fund. The bill establishes the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Rapid Response Fund for providing emergency financial assistance for certain stranded or entangled marine mammals. NOAA must: (1) establish a national marine mammal health and stranding observing system (Marine Mammal Health Map), (2) analyze gaps in data about marine mammal rescue and response, and (3) report on the response capabilities for sick and injured marine mammals in U.S. Arctic regions. | 2023-01-11T13:33:24Z | |
| 114-hr-5627 | 114 | hr | 5627 | To adopt the monarch butterfly as the national butterfly of the United States. | Animals | 2016-07-05 | 2016-07-05 | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | House | Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8] | WI | R | R000587 | 0 | This bill adopts the monarch butterfly as the national butterfly of the United States. | 2023-01-11T13:33:29Z | |
| 114-hr-5584 | 114 | hr | 5584 | Shark Fin Trade Elimination Act of 2016 | Animals | 2016-06-24 | 2016-06-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans. | House | Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large] | MP | D | S001177 | 26 | Shark Fin Trade Elimination Act of 2016 This bill makes it illegal to possess, buy, sell, transport, or trade shark fins or any product containing shark fins.A person may possess a shark fin that was lawfully taken consistent with a license or permit under certain circumstances. Penalties areimposedfor violations under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. | 2023-01-11T13:32:43Z | |
| 114-s-3095 | 114 | s | 3095 | Shark Fin Trade Elimination Act of 2016 | Animals | 2016-06-23 | 2016-06-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | B001288 | 9 | Shark Fin Trade Elimination Act of 2016 This bill makes it illegal to possess, buy, sell, transport, or trade shark fins or any product containing shark fins.A person may possess a shark fin that was lawfully taken consistent with a license or permit under certain circumstances. Penalties areimposedfor violations under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. | 2023-01-11T13:32:38Z | |
| 114-hr-5560 | 114 | hr | 5560 | Public Safety and Wildlife Protection Act | Animals | 2016-06-22 | 2016-06-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] | NC | D | A000370 | 25 | Public Safety and Wildlife Protection Act This bill prohibits importing, exporting, delivering, carrying, transporting, selling, receiving, acquiring, or purchasing steel-jaw leghold traps or Conibear traps. Steel-jaw leghold traps are certain spring-powered pan or sear-activated devices with steel jaws that are designed to snap closed on animals. Conibear traps consist of metal frames hinged at the center point and powered by two torsion springs that create a scissor-like action designed to kill animals by snapping their spinal columns. Both types of traps exclude cage or box traps, suitcase-type live beaver traps, or mouse or rat snap traps. The bill establishes penalties for violating the prohibition on the traps. The Department of the Interior must pay rewards for information that leads to a conviction of a violation of this bill, unless the information was provided by officers or employees of federal, state, or local governments while they were performing official duties. | 2023-01-11T13:32:44Z | |
| 114-sres-502 | 114 | sres | 502 | A resolution designating June 20, 2016, as "American Eagle Day" and celebrating the recovery and restoration of the bald eagle, the national symbol of the United States. | Animals | 2016-06-20 | 2016-06-20 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4361-4362, S4371; text as passed Senate: CR S4361-4362) | Senate | Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] | TN | R | A000360 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates June 20, 2016, as American Eagle Day. Applauds the issuance of bald eagle commemorative coins by the Department of the Treasury as a way to generate funds for the protection of the bald eagle. Encourages entities with an interest in conserving endangered species to collaborate and develop educational tools for use in the public schools. | 2021-07-10T19:49:01Z | |
| 114-s-3059 | 114 | s | 3059 | Marine Mammal Research and Response Act of 2016 | Animals | 2016-06-15 | 2016-11-28 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 690. | Senate | Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] | WA | D | C000127 | 3 | Marine Mammal Research and Response Act of 2016 This bill reauthorizes through FY2022 and revises the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, including by expanding the Act and the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Response Grant Program to include assistance for marine mammals that are entangled in material (e.g., fishing gear) and are on U.S. beaches or shores, or in U.S. navigable waters. (Sec. 2) The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) must develop a program to make publicly available certain data collected under the Act. (Sec. 4) The bill requires sums received for marine mammal conservation (e.g., fines for violations) and sums received from emergency declaration grants for marine mammal conservation to be deposited into the Marine Mammal Unusual Mortality Event Fund. (Sec. 7) The bill establishes the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Rapid Response Fund for providing emergency financial assistance for certain stranded or entangled marine mammals. (Sec. 8) NOAA must: (1) establish a Marine Mammal Health Map, a national marine mammal health and stranding observing system; (2) analyze gaps in data about marine mammal rescue and response; and (3) report on the response capabilities for sick and injured marine mammals in U.S. Arctic regions. | 2023-01-11T13:32:39Z | |
| 114-hres-773 | 114 | hres | 773 | To express support for recognition of June 2016 as National Orca Protection Month. | Animals | 2016-06-09 | 2016-06-09 | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | House | Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10] | WA | D | H001064 | 12 | Expresses support for recognizing National Orca Protection Month. Orcas are commonly known as killer whales. | 2023-01-11T13:32:42Z | |
| 114-sres-483 | 114 | sres | 483 | A resolution designating June 20, 2016, as "American Eagle Day" and celebrating the recovery and restoration of the bald eagle, the national symbol of the United States. | Animals | 2016-06-06 | 2016-06-06 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] | TN | R | A000360 | 9 | Designates June 20, 2016, as American Eagle Day. Applauds the issuance of bald eagle commemorative coins by the Department of the Treasury as a way to generate funds for the protection of the bald eagle. Encourages entities with an interest in conserving endangered species to collaborate and develop educational tools for use in the public schools. | 2023-01-11T13:32:36Z | |
| 114-hr-5270 | 114 | hr | 5270 | Efficient Marine Mammal Protection Act | Animals | 2016-05-17 | 2016-05-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans. | House | Rep. Russell, Steve [R-OK-5] | OK | R | R000604 | 0 | Efficient Marine Mammal Protection Act This bill abolishes the Marine Mammal Commission and transfers to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service its functions, including its duties, obligations, powers, authorities, responsibilities, rights, privileges, activities, or programs. | 2023-01-11T13:33:01Z | |
| 114-hres-723 | 114 | hres | 723 | Expressing the support of the House of Representatives for the designation of a National Day of Recognition for the centennial of the Convention Between the United States and Great Britain (for Canada) for the Protection of Migratory Birds, and for other purposes. | Animals | 2016-05-11 | 2016-05-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. | House | Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] | VA | R | G000568 | 0 | Supports the designation of a national day of recognition for the centennial of the Migratory Bird Treaty between the United States and Canada. Recognizes the significance of 100 years of migratory bird protection efforts. Encourages efforts to engage and educate the public regarding migratory bird watching and hunting. | 2023-01-11T13:32:57Z | |
| 114-s-2876 | 114 | s | 2876 | Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery Plan Act of 2016 | Animals | 2016-04-28 | 2016-04-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] | AZ | R | F000444 | 1 | Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery Plan Act of 2016 This bill: requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to publish a revised recovery plan for the Mexican gray wolf populations in Arizona and New Mexico; outlines what must be contained in the plan, including input from states and individuals, a maximum population of the wolf, and a specified range for the wolf; establishes a process for the state wildlife authority of Arizona or New Mexico to assume or supplant the USFWS' authority to manage such wolf in the relevant states if certain conditions are met; requires USFWS to reduce the population of such wolf within the specified range when the wolf's population exceeds the maximum population; and sets forth requirements for removing such wolf from the list of endangered species, threatened species, or experimental populations under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 if the population recovery goal outlined in the plan is met. | 2023-01-11T13:33:06Z | |
| 114-sres-447 | 114 | sres | 447 | A resolution designating May 1, 2016, as "National Purebred Dog Day". | Animals | 2016-04-28 | 2016-04-28 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2563-2564) | Senate | Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] | NC | R | T000476 | 0 | Designates May 1, 2016, as National Purebred Dog Day. | 2023-01-11T13:33:05Z | |
| 114-hr-4739 | 114 | hr | 4739 | Greater Sage Grouse Protection and Recovery Act of 2016 | Animals | 2016-03-15 | 2016-03-15 | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. | House | Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] | UT | R | B001250 | 20 | Greater Sage Grouse Protection and Recovery Act of 2016 This bill delays findings by the Department of the Interior with respect to the greater sage grouse under the Endangered Species Act until September 30, 2026. Additionally, Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA)are prohibited from amending any federal resource management plans that affect the greater sage grouse in a state in which the governor has notified Interior or USDA that a state management plan is in place. | 2023-01-11T13:31:54Z | |
| 114-s-2637 | 114 | s | 2637 | A bill to amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to clarify the treatment of authentic Alaska Native articles of handicraft containing nonedible migratory bird parts, and for other purposes. | Animals | 2016-03-03 | 2016-03-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] | AK | R | S001198 | 1 | This bill amends the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to provide that nothing in such Actprohibits possessing, selling, bartering, purchasing, shipping, and transporting any authentic Alaska Native handicraft, clothing or art on the basis that it contains a non-edible migratory bird part, so long as the bird was not taken in a wasteful manner. | 2023-01-11T13:31:46Z | |
| 114-sres-390 | 114 | sres | 390 | A resolution designating March 3, 2016 as "World Wildlife Day". | Animals | 2016-03-03 | 2016-03-03 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1296; text as passed Senate: CR S1284) | Senate | Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] | DE | D | C001088 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates March 3, 2016, as World Wildlife Day. Supports: (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. | 2018-06-02T06:19:31Z | |
| 114-hr-4582 | 114 | hr | 4582 | SOS Act | Animals | 2016-02-23 | 2016-07-06 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | House | Rep. Denham, Jeff [R-CA-10] | CA | R | D000612 | 5 | (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on June 28, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Save Our Salmon Act or the SOS Act (Sec. 3)This bill amends the Central Valley Project Improvement Act to exclude striped bass from the project to requirereasonable efforts to ensure all anadromous fish naturally produce at twice the average levels in Central Valley rivers and streams. Striped bass are non-native anadromous fish that prey on native salmon and steelhead and must be reduced in abundance to prevent the extinction of Central Valley salmon and steelhead. | 2023-01-11T13:32:06Z | |
| 114-s-2541 | 114 | s | 2541 | Big Cat Public Safety Act of 2016 | Animals | 2016-02-11 | 2016-02-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] | CT | D | B001277 | 6 | Big Cat Public Safety Act of 2016 This bill amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit any person from breeding or possessing any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species (i.e., any live species of lion, tiger, leopard, cheetah, jaguar, or cougar or any hybrid of such species). Breeding means facilitating propagation or reproduction (whether intentionally or negligently), or failing to prevent propagation or reproduction. The bill extends forfeiture provisions to fish, wildlife, or plants that are bred or possessed. The bill revises the list of entities that are exempt from Lacey Act prohibitions to include: institutions accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums; certain facilities that have an active written contract with an Association of Zoos and Aquariums Species Survival Plan or Taxon Advisory Group for breeding prohibited wildlife species; persons who do not allow the transportation and display of prohibited wildlife species off-site; current owners of animals that were born before this bill's enactment if the animals are registered with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service within 180 days; and certain traveling circuses that hold Class C licenses under the Animal Welfare Act. Entities exempt from Lacey Act prohibitions must require that current owners and circuses not allow direct contact between the public and the prohibited wildlife species. | 2023-01-11T13:32:00Z | |
| 114-hr-4480 | 114 | hr | 4480 | Albatross and Petrel Conservation Act | Animals | 2016-02-04 | 2016-02-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. | House | Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] | CA | D | L000579 | 31 | Albatross and Petrel Conservation Act This bill authorizes the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to promulgate regulations to implement and enforce the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels, done at Cape Town, South Africa, on February 2, 2001. This bill authorizes USFWS and NMFS to take action to conserve albatrosses and petrels, including to: reestablish albatrosses and petrels; prevent the introduction of, eradicate, or control invasive and nonnative species that have or may have an adverse effect on albatrosses and petrels; conserve, protect, and restore breeding sites; undertake measures for the conservation and protection of albatross and petrel habitat and other marine habitats that provide food for albatrosses and petrels; undertake scientific research to assess the effects of pollutants and marine debris on albatrosses and petrels; develop and implement measures to prevent, minimize, or mitigate the taking or disturbance of albatrosses and petrels in U.S. waters or by U.S. vessels; develop and undertake measures to minimize the bycatch of albatrosses and petrels; and share information on the conservation status of albatrosses and petrels, the threats facing albatrosses and petrels, and any actions taken under this bill. This bill prohibits the taking of an albatross or petrel without a permit, authorization, or exemption. USFWS, in consultation with NMFS, may authorize the taking of an albatross or petrel under exceptional circumstances or incidental to otherwise lawful activities. This bill gives the USFWS, the NMFS, and the Coast Guard authority to enforce this bill. This bill authorizes cooperation with other countries to achieve and maintain a favorable conservation status of albatrosses and petrels. | 2023-01-11T13:32:10Z | |
| 114-hr-4105 | 114 | hr | 4105 | Horse Protection Amendments Act of 2015 | Animals | 2015-11-19 | 2015-11-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. | House | Rep. DesJarlais, Scott [R-TN-4] | TN | R | D000616 | 8 | Horse Protection Amendments Act of 2015 This bill 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.) The Department of Agriculture must 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. The Commissioners of Agriculture for Tennessee and Kentucky must appoint individuals to the HIO. Those individuals must appoint individuals representing the Tennessee Walking Horse industry. | 2023-01-11T13:29:20Z | |
| 114-hr-4019 | 114 | hr | 4019 | Orca Responsibility and Care Advancement Act of 2015 | Animals | 2015-11-16 | 2015-12-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture. | House | Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28] | CA | D | S001150 | 40 | Orca Responsibility and Care Advancement Act of 2015 This bill amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to prohibit taking, importing, or exporting the killer whale (orcinus orca) species, or any product that contains that species, for public display purposes. The bill amends the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit any person from artificially inseminating or breeding that species for exhibition purposes. | 2023-01-11T13:29:23Z | |
| 114-s-2281 | 114 | s | 2281 | A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue final rules relating to listing of the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes and Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes. | Animals | 2015-11-10 | 2015-11-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] | WI | R | J000293 | 1 | This bill requires the Department of the Interior to reissue: (1) the final rule published on December 28, 2011, that removed the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes Distinct Population Segment from the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and that removed the designation of critical habitat for that wolf in Minnesota and Michigan; and (2) the final rule published on September 10, 2012, that removed the gray wolf in Wyoming from the list and removed the Yellowstone Experimental Protection Area that was established to facilitate reintroduction of the wolf. Rules reissued under this Act are not subject to judicial review. | 2023-01-11T13:32:34Z | |
| 114-sres-300 | 114 | sres | 300 | A resolution designating November 7, 2015, as National Bison Day. | Animals | 2015-10-28 | 2015-10-28 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7598-7599, text as passed Senate: CR S7597) | 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 7, 2015, as National Bison Day. | 2018-06-02T06:18:25Z | |
| 114-hres-479 | 114 | hres | 479 | Encouraging observance of National Wildlife Refuge Week with appropriate events and activities, and for other purposes. | Animals | 2015-10-09 | 2015-10-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. | House | Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5] | CA | D | T000460 | 26 | Encourages the observance of 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 House of Representatives for wildlife conservation and the National Wildlife Refuge System. | 2023-01-11T13:29:35Z | |
| 114-sres-286 | 114 | sres | 286 | A resolution designating the week beginning on October 11, 2015, as "National Wildlife Refuge Week". | Animals | 2015-10-08 | 2015-10-08 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7281; text as passed Senate: CR S7278-7279) | Senate | Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] | DE | D | C001088 | 14 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates the week beginning on October 11, 2015, 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. | 2018-06-02T06:18:18Z | |
| 114-hr-3645 | 114 | hr | 3645 | Federal Duck Stamp Price Stability Act of 2015 | Animals | 2015-09-29 | 2015-10-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. | House | Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] | CA | D | L000579 | 0 | Federal Duck Stamp Price Stability Act of 2015 This bill amends the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act to authorize the Department of the Interior, after notice and public comment, to increase the price of each Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp by up to $10 for a hunting year if the increase is: (1) commensurate with the level of inflation since the last increase, and (2) approved unanimously by the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission. An increase in price shall take effect: (1) at least two years after the effective date of the last price increase, and (2) no later than January 1 of the calendar year preceding the hunting year. | 2023-01-11T13:29:49Z | |
| 114-hr-3546 | 114 | hr | 3546 | Big Cat Public Safety Act | Animals | 2015-09-17 | 2015-10-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. | House | Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3] | NC | R | J000255 | 95 | Big Cat Public Safety Act This bill amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit any person from breeding or possessing any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species (i.e., any live species of lion, tiger, leopard, cheetah, jaguar, or cougar or any hybrid of such species). Breeding means facilitating propagation or reproduction (whether intentionally or negligently), or failing to prevent propagation or reproduction. The bill extends forfeiture provisions to fish, wildlife, or plants that are bred or possessed. The bill revises the list of entities that are exempt from Lacey Act prohibitions to include: institutions accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums; certain facilities that have an active written contract with an Association of Zoos and Aquariums Species Survival Plan or Taxon Advisory Group for breeding prohibited wildlife species; persons who do not allow the transportation and display of prohibited wildlife species off-site; current owners of animals that were born before this bill's enactment if the animals are registered with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service within 180 days; and certain traveling circuses that hold Class C licenses under the Animal Welfare Act. Entities exempt from Lacey Act prohibitions must require that current owners and circuses not allow direct contact between the public and the prohibited wildlife species. | 2023-01-11T13:29:52Z | |
| 114-hr-3294 | 114 | hr | 3294 | Sanctuary Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015 | Animals | 2015-07-29 | 2015-07-31 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2] | NC | R | E000291 | 21 | Sanctuary Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015 Directs the Department of Health and Human Services 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. | 2023-01-11T13:30:22Z | |
| 114-s-1898 | 114 | s | 1898 | Sanctuary Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015 | Animals | 2015-07-29 | 2015-07-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] | LA | R | C001075 | 0 | Sanctuary Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015 Directs the Department of Health and Human Services 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. | 2023-01-11T13:30:01Z | |
| 114-hr-3268 | 114 | hr | 3268 | PAST Act | Animals | 2015-07-28 | 2015-07-31 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. | House | Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3] | FL | R | Y000065 | 272 | Prevent All Soring Tactics Act of 2015 or the PAST Act This bill amends the Horse Protection Act to establish a new system for inspecting horses for soring, revise penalties for violations of the Act, and modify enforcement procedures. 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. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must establish requirements to license, train, assign, and oversee persons hired by the management of horse shows, exhibitions, sales, or auctions to detect and diagnose sore horses. A license may not be issued to a person with conflicts of interest, and USDA must give preference to veterinarians. USDA may revoke a license for unsatisfactory performance. USDA must assign licensed inspectors after receiving notice that management intends to hire the inspectors. An inspector must issue a citation for violations and notify USDA of violations. USDA must publish information on violations of this bill and disqualify a horse that is sore. The bill prohibits a person in any horse show, exhibition, sale, or auction from causing or directing a horse to become sore for the purpose of showing, exhibiting, selling, or auctioning the horse. The bill prohibits the use of specified devices on a Tennessee Walking, a Racking, or a Spotted Saddle horse at a show, exhibition, sale, or auction. The bill increases the maximum criminal and civil liability penalties for certain violations. USDA may disqualify violators from specified activities related to horse shows, exhibitions, sales, and auctions. | 2023-01-11T13:30:23Z | |
| 114-hr-3193 | 114 | hr | 3193 | Animal Emergency Planning Act of 2015 | Animals | 2015-07-23 | 2015-08-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. | House | Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] | NV | D | T000468 | 31 | Animal Emergency Planning Act of 2015 This bill 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. The plan must: identify situations that the covered person might experience 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; 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. Covered persons must review their plan at least annually, train personnel in their roles and responsibilities as outlined in the plan, and provide training when the plan changes. The bill does not preempt state law that provides equal or greater protection for animals. | 2023-01-11T13:30:26Z | |
| 114-hr-3136 | 114 | hr | 3136 | Enforcement Transparency Act of 2015 | Animals | 2015-07-21 | 2015-08-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture. | House | Rep. Blum, Rod [R-IA-1] | IA | R | B001294 | 23 | Enforcement Transparency Act of 2015 This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to issue and publish on its website guidelines relating to the calculation of civil fines for violating provisions of the Animal Welfare Act regarding the transportation, sale, and handling of certain animals. USDA must update the guidelines on a quarterly basis, provide notice on its website prior to making the updates, and publish the updates in the Federal Register. | 2023-01-11T13:30:28Z | |
| 114-s-1769 | 114 | s | 1769 | African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act of 2015 | Animals | 2015-07-15 | 2015-07-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] | MT | R | D000618 | 1 | African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act of 2015 This bill revises and reauthorizes the African Elephant Conservation Act through FY2020. Raw or worked ivory may be imported or exported under that Act and the Endangered Species Act of 1973 if: (1) the ivory is for a museum; (2) the ivory 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. This bill authorizes: (1) commerce in African elephant ivory or in products containing African elephant ivory that have been lawfully imported or crafted in the United States; and (2) the importation of a sport-hunted African elephant trophy if the trophy was taken from certain elephants populations that at the time were not necessarily threatened with extinction, but may have become so unless trade was closely controlled. Interior may station one U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service law enforcement officer 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. The President may embargo any products from a country if it is a significant transit or destination point for illegal ivory trade. In providing financial assistance under the African Elephant Conservation Act, Interior must prioritize projects for facilitating the acquisition of equipment and training to wildlife officials in ivory-producing countries to be used in anti-poaching efforts. | 2023-01-11T13:30:06Z | |
| 114-hr-2957 | 114 | hr | 2957 | To reauthorize the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act. | Animals | 2015-07-07 | 2015-07-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. | House | Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] | WI | D | K000188 | 19 | The bill revises and reauthorizes the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act through FY2020. The cap on the amount that the Department of the Interior may expend from the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Fund on administrative expenses is increased from 3% to 4%. | 2023-01-11T13:30:34Z | |
| 114-hr-2920 | 114 | hr | 2920 | Captive Primate Safety Act | Animals | 2015-06-25 | 2015-07-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. | House | Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8] | PA | R | F000451 | 75 | Captive Primate Safety Act This bill amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit importing, exporting, transporting, selling, receiving, acquiring, or purchasing in interstate or foreign commerce any live animal of a non-human primate species. The bill also limits any licensed or registered person from allowing direct contact between any member of the public and a live bear, tiger, lion, jaguar, cougar, African leopard, snow leopard, ape, gibbon, siamang, monkey, or loris. The Lacey Act prohibition applies to state-licensed wildlife rehabilitators. | 2023-01-11T13:30:49Z | |
| 114-hr-2849 | 114 | hr | 2849 | Pet Safety and Protection Act of 2015 | Animals | 2015-06-23 | 2015-06-23 | Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14] | PA | D | D000482 | 72 | Pet Safety and Protection Act of 2015 This bill amends the Animal Welfare Act to revise the list of 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 Department of Agriculture. The requirements pertaining to sources apply to dogs and cats obtained through sales, donations, or offers. Monetary penalties are established for violations. | 2023-01-11T13:30:52Z | |
| 114-hr-2858 | 114 | hr | 2858 | Humane Cosmetics Act | Animals | 2015-06-23 | 2015-06-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. McSally, Martha [R-AZ-2] | AZ | R | M001197 | 173 | Humane Cosmetics Act This bill prohibits testing cosmetics on animals, effective on the date that is one year after enactment of this Act. No cosmetic may be sold or transported if the final product or any component was developed or manufactured using animal testing after such date, effective three years after enactment of this Act. | 2023-01-11T13:30:52Z | |
| 114-sres-203 | 114 | sres | 203 | A resolution designating June 20, 2015, as "American Eagle Day" and celebrating the recovery and restoration of the bald eagle, the national symbol of the United States. | Animals | 2015-06-17 | 2015-06-17 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4254; text as passed Senate: CR S4252-4253) | Senate | Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] | TN | R | A000360 | 5 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates June 20, 2015, as American Eagle Day. Applauds the issuance of bald eagle commemorative coins by the Department of the Treasury as a way to generate funds for the protection of the bald eagle. Encourages entities with an interest in conserving endangered species to collaborate and develop educational tools for use in the public schools. | 2021-07-10T19:49:00Z | |
| 114-hr-2697 | 114 | hr | 2697 | Rare Cats and Canids Act of 2015 | Animals | 2015-06-09 | 2015-06-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. | House | Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] | AZ | D | G000551 | 39 | Rare Cats and Canids Act of 2015 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. | 2023-01-11T13:30:57Z | |
| 114-hr-2399 | 114 | hr | 2399 | Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee Act | Animals | 2015-05-18 | 2015-06-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans. | House | Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5] | OH | R | L000566 | 3 | Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee Act This bill amends the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act to establish the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee to advise the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture on wildlife and habitat conservation, hunting, and recreational shooting. The Advisory Committee must advise the departments on policies or programs related to: implementing Executive Order No. 13443: Facilitation of Hunting Heritage and Wildlife Conservation; conserving and restoring wetlands, agricultural lands, grasslands, forest, and rangeland habitats; promoting opportunities for and access to hunting and shooting sports on federal lands; recruiting and retaining new hunters and shooters; increasing public awareness of the importance of wildlife conservation and the benefits of recreational hunting and shooting; and encouraging coordination among the public, the hunting and shooting sports community, wildlife conservation groups, states, tribes, and the federal government. The bill also specifies requirements for membership, meetings, pay and expenses, administrative support, and annual reports to Congress. The Advisory Committee is exempt from the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The bill abolishes the existing Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council, effective on the date of the first meeting of the Advisory Committee established by this bill. | 2023-01-11T13:31:22Z | |
| 114-hr-2345 | 114 | hr | 2345 | To extend the date after which interest earned on obligations held in the wildlife restoration fund may be available for apportionment. | Animals | 2015-05-14 | 2015-06-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. | House | Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] | VA | R | W000804 | 1 | This bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to delay by 10 years until 2026 the date after which interest from the wildlife conservation and restoration fund is available for apportionment. | 2023-01-11T13:31:24Z | |
| 114-hr-2269 | 114 | hr | 2269 | Wildlife Veterinarians Employment and Training Act | Animals | 2015-05-12 | 2015-06-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. | House | Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] | FL | D | H000324 | 6 | Wildlife Veterinarians Employment and Training Act or the Wildlife VET Act This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to award grants to wildlife or veterinary institutions to create additional clinical and research positions for wildlife and zoological veterinarians. Preference must be given 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. Interior must establish: (1) the Wildlife and Zoological Veterinary Workforce Loan Repayment Program to pay educational loans of eligible individuals for a doctoral degree in veterinary medicine or a graduate degree in veterinary medicine, and (2) the Wildlife and Zoological Veterinary Workforce Scholarship Program to award students enrolled in an accredited school or college of veterinary medicine scholarships. Those loans may be repaid and the awards may be given only if the recipient of the loan or the award agrees to serve for at least four consecutive years at a wildlife or veterinary institution as a wildlife or zoological veterinarian. Interior must also: (1) establish a pilot program to award 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 grants to eligible wildlife or veterinary institutions to establish or expand training programs that will enhance the ability of a trainee to practice as a wildlife or zoological veterinarian. Those training programs may include externship, internship, fellowship, or residency programs. | 2023-01-11T13:27:14Z | |
| 114-s-1161 | 114 | s | 1161 | Horse Protection Amendments Act of 2015 | Animals | 2015-04-30 | 2015-04-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] | TN | R | A000360 | 2 | Horse Protection Amendments Act of 2015 This bill 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.) A sore horse must 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. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must 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. The Commissioners of Agriculture for Tennessee and Kentucky must appoint individuals to govern the HIO. Those individuals must appoint individuals representing the Tennessee Walking Horse industry. | 2023-01-11T13:27:17Z | |
| 114-hr-2086 | 114 | hr | 2086 | To direct the Secretary of Commerce, with the Oakdale Irrigation District and the South San Joaquin Irrigation District, California, to develop and conduct a pilot program to remove nonnative predator fishes from the Stanislaus River, California, and for other purposes. | Animals | 2015-04-29 | 2015-05-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans. | House | Rep. Denham, Jeff [R-CA-10] | CA | R | D000612 | 5 | Directs the National Marine Fisheries Service and the Oakdale and South San Joaquin Irrigation Districts in California (the districts) to jointly develop and conduct a pilot 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 seven consecutive years. Requires the districts to be responsible for the cost of such program. Authorizes the Service to accept and use contributions of funds from the districts to carry out activities under the program. Directs: (1) the Service to post, each month, on its Internet website a tabular summary of the raw data collected under the program in the preceding month; and (2) the Service and the districts, by June 30 of the year following the completion of the program, to jointly submit for peer review a report that discusses program's findings and conclusions, synthesizes the data collected, and makes recommendations for further study and action. Voids and preempts any California legal restriction imposed on, or the permitting of, 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. | 2023-01-11T13:27:33Z | |
| 114-hr-2040 | 114 | hr | 2040 | Striped Bass American Heritage Act | Animals | 2015-04-28 | 2015-04-28 | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | House | Rep. MacArthur, Thomas [R-NJ-3] | NJ | R | M001193 | 0 | Striped Bass American Heritage Act This bill designates the Atlantic striped bass (Morone saxatilis) as the national fish. | 2023-01-11T13:27:35Z | |
| 114-s-1121 | 114 | s | 1121 | PAST Act | Animals | 2015-04-28 | 2015-04-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] | NH | R | A000368 | 49 | Prevent All Soring Tactics Act of 2015 or the PAST Act This bill amends the Horse Protection Act to establish a new system for inspecting horses for soring, revise penalties for violations of the Act, and modify enforcement procedures. 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. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must establish requirements to license, train, assign, and oversee persons hired by the management of horse shows, exhibitions, sales, or auctions to detect and diagnose sore horses. A license may not be issued to a person with conflicts of interest, and USDA must give preference to veterinarians. USDA may revoke a license for unsatisfactory performance. USDA must assign licensed inspectors after receiving notice that management intends to hire the inspectors. An inspector must issue a citation for violations and notify USDA of violations. USDA must publish information on violations of this bill and disqualify a horse that is sore. The bill prohibits a person in any horse show, exhibition, sale, or auction from causing or directing a horse to become sore for the purpose of showing, exhibiting, selling, or auctioning the horse. The bill prohibits the use of specified devices on a Tennessee Walking, a Racking, or a Spotted Saddle horse at a show, exhibition, sale, or auction. The bill increases the maximum criminal and civil liability penalties for certain violations. USDA may disqualify violators from specified activities related to horse shows, exhibitions, sales, and auctions. | 2023-01-11T13:27:18Z | |
| 114-hr-1985 | 114 | hr | 1985 | Pacific Northwest Gray Wolf Management Act of 2015 | Animals | 2015-04-23 | 2015-04-23 | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. | House | Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4] | WA | R | N000189 | 3 | Pacific Northwest Gray Wolf Management Act of 2015 This bill prohibits any wolf species, subspecies, or population segment of Canis lupus in Washington, Oregon, and Utah (covered states) from being treated under any status of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, including as an endangered species, a threatened species, an essential experimental population, or a nonessential experimental population. The covered states shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the management of wolves within their borders. A covered state may not provide protections to wolves that are greater than the protections that would be provided under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. | 2023-01-11T13:27:36Z | |
| 114-hr-1945 | 114 | hr | 1945 | Targeted Use of Sanctions for Killing Elephants and Rhinoceros Act of 2015 | Animals | 2015-04-22 | 2015-05-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. | House | Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] | OR | D | D000191 | 21 | Targeted Use of Sanctions for Killing Elephants and Rhinoceros Act of 2015 This bill 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. The Department of Commerce shall issue a certification under the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 authorizing the President to prohibit the importation of any products from any country identified 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. The President, acting through the Department of the Interior, shall enter into consultations with the offending country, within 30 days after receiving a certification, to obtain an agreement under which the country will immediately and significantly reduce, and will commit to terminating, all illegal ivory trade into, out of, or within that country. If such consultations are not concluded within 90 days or if the country refuses to enter into consultations, the President shall direct the Department 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 the Department finds 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 immediately and significantly reduce, and commit to terminating, illegal ivory trade, and that country has retaliated against the United States as a result of that prohibition. The bill also amends the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act to make the same requirements for U.S. action ag… | 2023-01-11T13:27:38Z | |
| 114-hr-1729 | 114 | hr | 1729 | 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 | 2015-03-26 | 2015-04-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 0 | This bill 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. The exemption is inapplicable with respect to any handicraft or clothing containing any part of a migratory bird that was taken in a wasteful manner. | 2023-01-11T13:27:58Z | |
| 114-hr-1589 | 114 | hr | 1589 | To prohibit the use of funds by the Secretary of the Interior to make a final determination on the listing of the northern long-eared bat under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. | Animals | 2015-03-24 | 2015-03-24 | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. | House | Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large] | SD | R | N000184 | 1 | This bill prohibits the Department of the Interior from using any funds to make a determination on the listing of the northern long-eared bat (myotis septentrionalis) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Interior proposed in October 2013 to list the northern long-eared bat as endangered. | 2023-01-11T13:28:02Z | |
| 114-s-850 | 114 | s | 850 | Horse Transportation Safety Act of 2015 | Animals | 2015-03-24 | 2015-03-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] | IL | R | K000360 | 0 | Horse Transportation Safety Act of 2015 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. Prescribes civil penalties for persons who knowingly violate such prohibition. | 2023-01-11T13:27:48Z | |
| 114-hr-1443 | 114 | hr | 1443 | Grand Canyon Bison Management Act | Animals | 2015-03-18 | 2015-04-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. | House | Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] | AZ | R | G000565 | 8 | Grand Canyon Bison Management Act Directs the Department of the Interior to publish a management plan to reduce, through humane lethal culling by skilled public volunteers and other nonlethal means, the population of bison in the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona that Interior determines are detrimental to the uses of the Park. Permits the removal by such a volunteer of a full bison harvested from the Park. Instructs Interior to coordinate with the Arizona Game and Fish Commission regarding the development and implementation of the management plan. Requires Interior, in developing such plan, to comply with all applicable federal environmental laws, including the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). | 2023-01-11T13:28:07Z | |
| 114-s-782 | 114 | s | 782 | Grand Canyon Bison Management Act | Animals | 2015-03-18 | 2015-12-16 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 329. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Grand Canyon Bison Management Act (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of the Interior to publish a management plan to reduce, through humane lethal culling by skilled public volunteers and other nonlethal means, the population of bison in the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona that Interior determines are detrimental to the uses of the Park. Such a volunteer may remove a full bison harvested from the Park. Interior shall coordinate with the Arizona Game and Fish Commission regarding the development and implementation of the management plan. In developing such plan, Interior must comply with all applicable federal environmental laws, including the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. | 2023-01-11T13:27:50Z | |
| 114-s-722 | 114 | s | 722 | A bill to extend the date after which interest earned on obligations held in the wildlife restoration fund may be available for apportionment. | Animals | 2015-03-11 | 2015-03-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] | DE | D | C001088 | 1 | This bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to delay by 10 years until 2026 the date after which interest from the wildlife conservation and restoration fund is available for apportionment. | 2023-01-11T13:27:52Z | |
| 114-s-655 | 114 | s | 655 | A bill to prohibit the use of funds by the Secretary of the Interior to make a final determination on the listing of the northern long-eared bat under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. | Animals | 2015-03-04 | 2015-05-06 | Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] | SD | R | T000250 | 1 | This bill prohibits the Department of the Interior from using any funds to make a determination on the listing of the northern long-eared bat (myotis septentrionalis) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Interior proposed in October 2013 to list the northern long-eared bat as endangered. | 2023-01-11T13:27:54Z | |
| 114-sres-95 | 114 | sres | 95 | A resolution designating March 3, 2015, as "World Wildlife Day". | Animals | 2015-03-03 | 2015-03-03 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1260; text as passed Senate: CR S1254-1255) | Senate | Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] | DE | D | C001088 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates March 3, 2015, as World Wildlife Day. Supports: (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. | 2022-02-02T06:05:49Z | |
| 114-hr-1099 | 114 | hr | 1099 | Hunter and Farmer Protection Act | Animals | 2015-02-26 | 2015-03-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. | House | Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] | AR | R | C001087 | 3 | Hunter and Farmer Protection Act This bill amends the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to revise standards for determining what constitutes baiting for purposes of the prohibition on taking migratory game birds. A baited area, in the case of waterfowl, cranes, and coots, includes a standing, unharvested crop that has been manipulated through activities such as mowing, discing, or rolling, unless the activities are normal agricultural practices. An area is not considered to be a baited area if it: (1) has been treated with a normal agricultural practice, (2) has standing crops that have not been manipulated, or (3) has standing crops that have been or are flooded. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must submit to the Department of the Interior a report on changes to normal agricultural practices across the range of crops grown by agricultural producers in each region of the United States in which USDA harvest practice recommendations are provided to agricultural producers. | 2023-01-11T13:28:41Z | |
| 114-s-595 | 114 | s | 595 | Hunter and Farmer Protection Act of 2015 | Animals | 2015-02-26 | 2015-02-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] | AR | R | C001095 | 2 | Hunter and Farmer Protection Act of 2015 This bill amends the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to revise standards for determining what constitutes baiting for purposes of the prohibition on taking migratory game birds. A baited area, in the case of waterfowl, cranes, and coots, includes a standing, unharvested crop that has been manipulated through activities such as mowing, discing, or rolling, unless the activities are normal agricultural practices. An area is not considered to be a baited area if it: (1) has been treated with a normal agricultural practice, (2) has standing crops that have not been manipulated, or (3) has standing crops that have been or are flooded. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must submit to the Department of the Interior a report on changes to normal agricultural practices across the range of crops grown by agricultural producers in each region of the United States in which USDA harvest practice recommendations are provided to agricultural producers. | 2023-01-11T13:28:17Z | |
| 114-s-561 | 114 | s | 561 | Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2015 | Animals | 2015-02-25 | 2015-02-25 | 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 2015 This bill amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to direct Department of the Interior to issue a permit for the importation of a polar bear part (other than an internal organ) from a bear taken in a sport hunt in Canada to any permit applicant who has submitted proof that the polar bear was: (1) legally harvested by the applicant before the May 15, 2008, listing of the polar bear as threatened, and (2) harvested from an approved polar bear population. Interior must issue these permits without regard to limits on importing marine mammals with depleted populations. | 2023-01-11T13:28:18Z | |
| 114-s-520 | 114 | s | 520 | A bill to amend the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act to reauthorize the Act. | Animals | 2015-02-12 | 2015-02-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S995; text of measure as introduced: CR S995) | Senate | Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] | MD | D | C000141 | 4 | This bill reauthorizes the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act through FY2020. | 2023-01-11T13:28:19Z | |
| 114-hr-884 | 114 | hr | 884 | To direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue final rules relating to listing of the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes and Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes. | Animals | 2015-02-11 | 2015-02-11 | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. | House | Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8] | WI | R | R000587 | 17 | This bill requires the Department of the Interior to reissue: (1) the final rule published on December 28, 2011, that removed the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes Distinct Population Segment from the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and that removed the designation of critical habitat for that wolf in Minnesota and Michigan; and (2) the final rule published on September 10, 2012, that removed the gray wolf in Wyoming from the list and removed the Yellowstone Experimental Protection Area that was established to facilitate reintroduction of the wolf. Rules reissued under this Act are not subject to judicial review. | 2023-01-11T13:28:30Z | |
| 114-hr-843 | 114 | hr | 843 | Western Great Lakes Wolf Management Act of 2015 | Animals | 2015-02-10 | 2015-03-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. | House | Rep. Kline, John [R-MN-2] | MN | R | K000363 | 11 | Western Great Lakes Wolf Management Act of 2015 This bill prohibits any wolf of the species Canis lupus in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan from being treated under any status of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, including as an endangered species, a threatened species, an essential experimental population, or a nonessential experimental population. Each of those states are given exclusive jurisdiction over the management of those wolves within its borders. | 2023-01-11T13:28:31Z | |
| 114-hr-746 | 114 | hr | 746 | AWARE Act | Animals | 2015-02-05 | 2015-02-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture. | House | Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] | OR | D | B000574 | 97 | Animal Welfare in Agricultural Research Endeavors Act or the AWARE Act This bill amends the Animal Welfare Act to apply standards for humane treatment to farm animals at federal research or laboratory animal facilities. | 2023-01-11T13:28:34Z | |
| 114-s-388 | 114 | s | 388 | AWARE Act | Animals | 2015-02-05 | 2015-02-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | B001288 | 10 | Animal Welfare in Agricultural Research Endeavors Act or the AWARE Act This bill amends the Animal Welfare Act to apply standards for humane treatment to farm animals at federal research or laboratory animal facilities. | 2023-01-11T13:28:23Z | |
| 114-hr-697 | 114 | hr | 697 | African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act of 2015 | Animals | 2015-02-03 | 2015-03-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 2 | African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act of 2015 This bill reauthorizes the African Elephant Conservation Act (AECA) through FY2020. Ivory may 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. The Department of the Interior may 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 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. Interior must 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 diminishes the effectiveness of an international agreement for the conservation of endangered or threatened species. This bill 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 had 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 was taken. | 2023-01-11T13:28:36Z | |
| 114-hr-659 | 114 | hr | 659 | Lesser Prairie Chicken Voluntary Recovery Act of 2015 | Animals | 2015-02-02 | 2015-02-02 | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. | House | Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2] | OK | R | M001190 | 10 | Lesser Prairie Chicken Voluntary Recovery Act of 2015 This bill removes the Department of the Interior's listing of the lesser prairie chicken as threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and prohibits further treatment of the species as threatened or endangered before January 31, 2020. Interior must 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. The lesser prairie chicken may not be 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. | 2023-01-11T13:28:37Z | |
| 114-hr-564 | 114 | hr | 564 | Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act | Animals | 2015-01-27 | 2016-11-17 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 651. | House | Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3] | WA | R | H001056 | 4 | Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act (Sec. 3) This bill amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to authorize the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 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 population that is not categorized as depleted or listed as an endangered or threatened species in order to protect endangered and threatened species of salmon and other nonlisted fish species. These permits may be renewed by NOAA. The permits may authorize the lethal taking of 10 sea lions or fewer. The cumulative annual taking of sea lions each year under all such permits is limited to 1% of the annual potential biological removal level. These permits are exempted from environmental review requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for five years. NOAA may 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. Permit holders exercising lethal removal authority must be trained in wildlife management. (Sec. 4) The bill: (1) states that it is a vital priority to prevent sea lions from preying on fish, recover listed salmonid stocks, and prevent future listings of fish stocks in the Columbia River; and (2) urges the federal government to fund lethal and nonlethal removal measures for preventing such predation. | 2023-01-11T13:29:00Z | |
| 114-hr-493 | 114 | hr | 493 | CLEAN Energy Producers Act of 2015 | Animals | 2015-01-22 | 2015-03-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. | House | Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3] | SC | R | D000615 | 5 | Clarification of Legal Enforcement Against Non-criminal Energy Producers Act of 2015 or the CLEAN Energy Producers Act of 2015 This bill amends the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act to require the Department of the Interior to issue or deny an eagle permit for no less than 30 years that authorizes the taking of a bald eagle or golden eagle that is incidental to, but not the purpose of, an otherwise lawful activity. If Interior fails to act on a permit within a reasonable time (not exceeding one year), the permit is deemed issued. This bill amends the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to exempt from criminal liability any taking, killing, or other harm to a migratory bird that is accidental or incidental to the presence or operation of an otherwise lawful activity. | 2023-01-11T13:29:02Z | |
| 114-hr-326 | 114 | hr | 326 | Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act of 2015 | Animals | 2015-01-13 | 2015-03-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 0 | Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act of 2015 This bill amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the importation of polar bear parts taken legally in sport hunts in Canada. | 2023-01-11T13:29:08Z | |
| 114-hr-327 | 114 | hr | 327 | Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2015 | Animals | 2015-01-13 | 2015-03-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 0 | Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2015 This bill amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to direct Department of the Interior to issue a permit for the importation of a polar bear part (other than an internal organ) from a bear taken in a sport hunt in Canada to any permit applicant who has submitted proof that the polar bear was: (1) legally harvested by the applicant before the May 15, 2008, listing of the polar bear as threatened, and (2) harvested from an approved polar bear population. Interior must issue these permits without regard to limits on importing marine mammals with depleted populations. | 2023-01-11T13:29:08Z | |
| 114-hr-335 | 114 | hr | 335 | Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2015 | Animals | 2015-01-13 | 2015-03-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 34 | Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2015 This bill reauthorizes the African Elephant Conservation Act, the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994, the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997, the Great Ape Conservation Fund, and the Marine Turtle Conservation Fund through FY2020. This bill amends the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000 to authorize Department of the Interior to award a multi-year grant to carry out a project that is an effective, long-term conservation strategy for great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos, orangutans, or gibbons) and their habitats. Interior is required 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 Interior to convene a panel to consider the greatest conservation needs every two years. The panel is required to consider relevant great ape conservation plans or strategies. This bill amends the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 to make a wildlife management authority of a U.S. territory eligible for financial assistance for marine turtle conservation. | 2023-01-11T13:29:08Z | |
| 114-s-90 | 114 | s | 90 | Migratory Bird Treaty Amendment Act of 2015 | Animals | 2015-01-07 | 2015-01-07 | 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 This bill 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 Department of Agriculture confirms that the crop has been destroyed and that it would not be economically practicable to harvest the crop. | 2023-01-11T13:28:45Z |
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