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Cecil the Lion Endangered and Threatened Species Act of 2015
Legislative Progress
Introduced
September 8, 2015
Latest Action
September 8, 2015
Primary Sponsor
Sheila Jackson LeeDemocratic(TX)
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vs 6,526 other HR bills in the 114th — cohort avg 56d
Cecil the Lion Endangered and Threatened Species Act of 2015 This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit: (1) taking endangered or threatened species within the United States or U.S. territorial seas as trophies, or (2) importing such trophies. Any person seeking to import a fish or wildlife trophy must submit documentation establishing that the trophy was taken before the enactment of this bill.
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2016 · second_quarter · Animals
Supporting and assisting in the drafting and introduction the Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act or TEAPSPA) in the House and Senate; all provisions related to and supporting ending the suffering of animals in US traveling performances, rides, or exhibits, and to address the inherent health and safety risks such events pose to workers and the public. Support the following bills to the extent they protect animals from harm and end animal suffering, and as yet unknown issues related to ADI's overarching goal for longstanding change to end animal suffering: HR2576 (with provisions mandating to limit animal testing and seek alternatives); HR3546 (Big Cat and Public Safety Act), HR2858 (Humane Cosmetics Act); HR2494 (Global Anti-Poaching Act) as amended in the Senate (wholly substituted with S2385; opposed to prior HR2494 House amendment exempting trophy hunting); HR2920 (Captive Primate Safety Act); S2385 (END Wildlife Trafficking Act); HR2697 (Rare Cats and Canids Act); HR2293/S1831 PACT (re the prosecution of animal cruelty); HR746/S388 AWARE (re testing at federal agricultural research facilities); HR3294/S1898 (Sanctuary Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015); HR3526/S1918 (CECIL Animal Trophies Act); HR3448 (Cecil the Lion Endangered and Threatened Species Act of 2015); HR1942/S1214 (Safeguard American Food Exports Act); HR4019 (ORCA Act); HR1258 (Pet and Women Safety Act); HR3294/S1898 (Sanctuary Regulatory Fairness Act), Volunteer Protection Act & Volunteer Organization Act of 2015; and in opposition to (for the same reasons) S405 (Sportsmen's Act), S659 (The Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015), and S782 (The Grand Canyon Bison Management Act); and urging a provision against animal testing in HR4075 (The Cosmetic Modernization Act). Also prepared comments for submission to USFWS re manatee down listing; proposed grizzly down listing; re proposed ivory import ban, African elephant uplisting; re listing Russian belugas as depleted; and re generic tiger loophole; re opposition to HCP development threatening Florida panthers & 6 other ESA listed species; re USFWS permitting of exotic /wild animals; and to USDA re proposed captive marine mammal rule making; re call for comments re Petition to prohibit public contact with bears, big cats, and nonhuman primates; and their rescinding mandatory TB testing in captive elephants. Research re USFWS Wildlife Trafficking Advisory Council; re US House Agriculture Committee meeting re farm animal regulation.
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
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Client expense: $5,222 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)
2016 · first_quarter · Animals
HR 4525 (the Traveling Exotic Animal Protection Act or TEAPA) and potential Senate companion; all provisions related to and supporting ending the suffering of animals in US traveling performances, rides, or exhibits, and to address the inherent health and safety risks such events pose to workers and the public. Support the following bills to the extent they protect animals from harm and end animal suffering, and as yet unknown issues related to ADI's overarching goal for longstanding change to end animal suffering: HR3546 (Big Cat and Public Safety Act), HR2858 (Humane Cosmetics Act); HR2494 (Global Anti-Poaching Act), except opposed to HR2494 Amendment exempting trophy hunting; HR2920 (Captive Primate Safety Act); S2385 (END Wildlife Trafficking Act); HR2697 (Rare Cats and Canids Act); HR2293/S1831 PACT (re the prosecution of animal cruelty); HR746/S388 AWARE (re testing at federal agricultural research facilities); HR3294/S1898 (Sanctuary Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015); HR3526/S1918 (CECIL Animal Trophies Act); HR3448 (Cecil the Lion Endangered and Threatened Species Act of 2015); HR1942/S1214 (Safeguard American Food Exports Act); HR4019 (ORCA Act); HR1258 (Pet and Women Safety Act); HR3294/S1898 (Sanctuary Regulatory Fairness Act), Volunteer Protection Act & Volunteer Organization Act of 2015; and in opposition to (for the same reasons) S405 (Sportsmen's Act), S659 (The Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015), and S782 (The Grand Canyon Bison Management Act); and urging a provision against animal testing in HR4075 (The Cosmetic Modernization Act). Also submitted comments to USFWS re CoP17, re predator control practices and predators on public lands, re trophy hunting, re proposed African lion uplisting, and re the USFWS permit of wild elephants stolen from the wild for import to US zoos. Research & prepared comments to be submitted next quarter to USDA re marine mammal rule making and to USFWS re proposed grizzly down listing and proposed African elephant uplisting.
Client expense: $7,371 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)
2015 · fourth_quarter · Animals
HR 4525 (the Traveling Exotic Animal Protection Act or TEAPA) and potential Senate companion; all provisions related to and supporting ending the suffering of animals in US traveling performances, rides, or exhibits, and to address the inherent health and safety risks such events pose to workers and the public. Support the following bills to the extent they protect animals from harm and end animal suffering, and as yet unknown issues related to ADI's overarching goal for longstanding change to end animal suffering: HR3546 (Big Cat and Public Safety Act), HR2920 (Captive Primate Safety Act), HR2858 (Humane Cosmetics Act); HR2494 (Global Anti-Poaching Act), except opposed to HR2494 Amendment exempting trophy hunting; S27 (Wildlife Trafficking Enforcement Act); S2385 (END Wildlife Trafficking Act); HR2697 (Rare Cats and Canids Act); HR2293/S1831 PACT (re the prosecution of animal cruelty); HR746/S388 AWARE (re testing at federal agricultural research facilities); HR3294/S1898 (Sanctuary Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015); HR3526/S1918 (CECIL Animal Trophies Act); HR3448 (Cecil the Lion Endangered and Threatened Species Act of 2015); HR1942/S1214 (Safeguard American Food Exports Act); HR4019 (ORCA Act); HR1258 (Pet and Women Safety Act); and in opposition to (for the same reasons) S405 (Sportsmen's Act) & S659 The Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)
2015 · third_quarter · Animals
HR 4525 (the Traveling Exotic Animal Protection Act or TEAPA) and potential Senate companion; all provisions related to and supporting ending the suffering of animals in US traveling performances, rides, or exhibits, and to address the inherent health and safety risks such events pose to workers and the public. Support the following bills to the extent they protect animals from harm and end animal suffering, and as yet unknown issues related to ADI's overarching goal for longstanding change to end animal suffering: HR3546 (Big Cat and Public Safety Act), HR2920 (Captive Primate Safety Act), HR2858 (Humane Cosmetics Act); HR2494 (Global Anti-Poaching Act); S27 (Wildlife Trafficking Enforcement Act); HR2697 (Rare Cats and Canids Act); S1831 PACT (re the prosecution of animal cruelty); HR746/S388 AWARE (re testing at federal agricultural research facilities); HR3294/S1898 (Sanctuary Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015); HR3526/S1918 (CECIL Animal Trophies Act); HR3448 (Cecil the Lion Endangered and Threatened Species Act of 2015); HR1942/S1214 (Safeguard American Food Exports Act); and in opposition to (for the same reasons) S405 (Sportsmen's Act).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE