African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act

H.R.224 - Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act - 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. H.R.225 - Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act - 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. H.R.226 - African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act - This bill reauthorizes the African Elephant Conservation Act (AECA) through FY2022. H.R.227 - Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act - 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 FY2022. S.33 - Improved National Monument Designation Process Act - Before a national monument can be designated on public land, the President must obtain congressional approval, certify compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), and receive notice from the governor of the state in which the monument is to be located that the state legislature has enacted legislation approving its designation. H.R.424 - Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2017 - 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. S.164 - A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue the final rules relating to the listing of the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes and the State of Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. H.R.788 - Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act - This bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the construction and expansion of public target ranges by: (1) authorizing a state to pay up to 90% of the costs of acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public target range; (2) authorizing a state to elect to allocate 10% of a specified amount apportioned to it from the federal aid to wildlife restoration fund for those costs; (3) limiting the federal share of those costs under such Act to 90%; and (4) requiring amounts provided for those costs under such Act to remain available for expenditure and obligation for five fiscal years. S.J.Res.18 - A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by the Department of the Interior relating to Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska. S.376 - 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act - This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, to make publicly available on the Internet the best scientific and commercial data available that are the basis for the determination of whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species, including each proposed regulation for the listing of a species. H.R.1273 - 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require publication of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species, and for other purposes. S.478 - Hunter and Farmer Protection Act of 2017 - To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to prohibit baiting exemptions on certain land. S.593 - Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act - To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States. S.733 - A bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes. H.R.1945 - 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. S.935 - Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to permit Governors of States to regulate intrastate endangered species and intrastate threatened species, to amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to permit the taking of certain black vultures and ravens, and for other purposes. H.R.2134 - Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to permit Governors of States to regulate intrastate endangered species and intrastate threatened species, and for other purposes. H.R.2591 - Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act of 2017 - To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to modernize the funding of wildlife conservation, and for other purposes. H.R.2603 - SAVES Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that nonnative species in the United States shall not be treated as endangered species or threatened species for purposes of that Act. S.1214 - Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act - To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the Environmental Protection Agency with respect to certain sporting good articles, and to exempt those articles from a definition under that Act. H.R.3266 - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 - Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. S.1609 - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 - Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. S.1613 - Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act of 2017 - To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to modernize the funding of wildlife conservation, and for other purposes. H.R.3543 - Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 - To require the Secretary of the Interior to develop a categorical exclusion for covered vegetative management activities carried out to establish or improve habitat for greater sage-grouse and mule deer, and for other purposes. H.R.3608 - Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require publication on the Internet of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species, and for other purposes. H.R.3668 - SHARE Act - To provide for the preservation of sportsmens heritage and enhance recreation opportunities on Federal land, and for other purposes. H.R.4647 - Recovering America's Wildlife Act- To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to make supplemental funds available for management of fish and wildlife species of greatest conservation need as determined by State fish and wildlife agencies, and for other purposes. S.2277 - A bill to require the delisting of Mexican gray wolves under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 on a determination that the subspecies has been sufficiently recovered in the United States.- To require the delisting of Mexican gray wolves under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 on a determination that the subspecies has been sufficiently recovered in the United States. H.R.4883 - Continental Divide Recreation, Wilderness and Camp Hale Legacy Act- To provide for the designation of certain wilderness areas, recreation management areas, and conservation areas in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes. H.R.5148 - Protect Public Use of Public Lands Act- To release certain wilderness study areas in the State of Montana. H.R.5149 - Unlocking Public Lands Act- To provide that certain wilderness study areas in Montana have been adequately studied for wilderness designation. H.R.5690 - ProTECT Act of 2018- To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit the taking for a trophy of any endangered or threatened species of fish or wildlife in the United States and the importation of endangered and threatened species trophies into the United States, and for other purposes. H.R.5697 - Wildlife Conservation and Anti-Trafficking Act of 2018- To support wildlife conservation, improve anti-trafficking enforcement, provide dedicated funding for wildlife conservation at no expense to taxpayers, and for other purposes. H.R.5875 - To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and the Dingell-Johnson Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act, to provide parity for United States territories and the District of Columbia, to make technical corrections to such Acts and related laws, and for other purposes.- To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and the Dingell-Johnson Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act, to provide parity for United States territories and the District of Columbia, to make technical corrections to such Acts and related laws, and for other purposes. H.R.6007 - Restoring Access to Public Lands Act- To release certain Federal land in California from wilderness study, and for other purposes. H.R.6119 - To remove the red wolf from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife for North Carolina, and for other purposes.- To remove the red wolf from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife for North Carolina, and for other purposes. H.R.6197 - RAWR Act- To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize rewards for thwarting wildlife trafficking linked to transnational organized crime, and for other purposes.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE

H.R.224 - Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act - 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. H.R.225 - Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act - 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. H.R.226 - African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act - This bill reauthorizes the African Elephant Conservation Act (AECA) through FY2022. H.R.227 - Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act - 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 FY2022. S.33 - Improved National Monument Designation Process Act - Before a national monument can be designated on public land, the President must obtain congressional approval, certify compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), and receive notice from the governor of the state in which the monument is to be located that the state legislature has enacted legislation approving its designation. H.R.424 - Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2017 - 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. S.164 - A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue the final rules relating to the listing of the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes and the State of Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. H.R.788 - Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act - This bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the construction and expansion of public target ranges by: (1) authorizing a state to pay up to 90% of the costs of acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public target range; (2) authorizing a state to elect to allocate 10% of a specified amount apportioned to it from the federal aid to wildlife restoration fund for those costs; (3) limiting the federal share of those costs under such Act to 90%; and (4) requiring amounts provided for those costs under such Act to remain available for expenditure and obligation for five fiscal years. S.J.Res.18 - A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by the Department of the Interior relating to Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska. S.376 - 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act - This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, to make publicly available on the Internet the best scientific and commercial data available that are the basis for the determination of whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species, including each proposed regulation for the listing of a species. H.R.1273 - 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require publication of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species, and for other purposes. S.478 - Hunter and Farmer Protection Act of 2017 - To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to prohibit baiting exemptions on certain land. S.593 - Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act - To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States. S.733 - A bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes. H.R.1945 - 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. S.935 - Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to permit Governors of States to regulate intrastate endangered species and intrastate threatened species, to amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to permit the taking of certain black vultures and ravens, and for other purposes. H.R.2134 - Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to permit Governors of States to regulate intrastate endangered species and intrastate threatened species, and for other purposes. H.R.2591 - Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act of 2017 - To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to modernize the funding of wildlife conservation, and for other purposes. H.R.2603 - SAVES Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that nonnative species in the United States shall not be treated as endangered species or threatened species for purposes of that Act. S.1214 - Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act - To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the Environmental Protection Agency with respect to certain sporting good articles, and to exempt those articles from a definition under that Act. H.R.3266 - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 - Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. S.1609 - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 - Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. S.1613 - Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act of 2017 - To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to modernize the funding of wildlife conservation, and for other purposes. H.R.3543 - Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 - To require the Secretary of the Interior to develop a categorical exclusion for covered vegetative management activities carried out to establish or improve habitat for greater sage-grouse and mule deer, and for other purposes. H.R.3608 - Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require publication on the Internet of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species, and for other purposes. H.R.3668 - SHARE Act - To provide for the preservation of sportsmens heritage and enhance recreation opportunities on Federal land, and for other purposes. H.R.4647 - Recovering America's Wildlife Act- To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to make supplemental funds available for management of fish and wildlife species of greatest conservation need as determined by State fish and wildlife agencies, and for other purposes. S.2277 - A bill to require the delisting of Mexican gray wolves under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 on a determination that the subspecies has been sufficiently recovered in the United States.- To require the delisting of Mexican gray wolves under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 on a determination that the subspecies has been sufficiently recovered in the United States. H.R.4883 - Continental Divide Recreation, Wilderness and Camp Hale Legacy Act- To provide for the designation of certain wilderness areas, recreation management areas, and conservation areas in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes. H.R.5148 - Protect Public Use of Public Lands Act- To release certain wilderness study areas in the State of Montana. H.R.5149 - Unlocking Public Lands Act- To provide that certain wilderness study areas in Montana have been adequately studied for wilderness designation. H.R.5690 - ProTECT Act of 2018- To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit the taking for a trophy of any endangered or threatened species of fish or wildlife in the United States and the importation of endangered and threatened species trophies into the United States, and for other purposes. H.R.5697 - Wildlife Conservation and Anti-Trafficking Act of 2018- To support wildlife conservation, improve anti-trafficking enforcement, provide dedicated funding for wildlife conservation at no expense to taxpayers, and for other purposes. H.R.5875 - To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and the Dingell-Johnson Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act, to provide parity for United States territories and the District of Columbia, to make technical corrections to such Acts and related laws, and for other purposes.- To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and the Dingell-Johnson Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act, to provide parity for United States territories and the District of Columbia, to make technical corrections to such Acts and related laws, and for other purposes. H.R.6007 - Restoring Access to Public Lands Act- To release certain Federal land in California from wilderness study, and for other purposes. H.R.6119 - To remove the red wolf from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife for North Carolina, and for other purposes.- To remove the red wolf from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife for North Carolina, and for other purposes. H.R.6197 - RAWR Act- To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize rewards for thwarting wildlife trafficking linked to transnational organized crime, and for other purposes.

H.R.224 - Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act - 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. H.R.225 - Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act - 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. H.R.226 - African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act - This bill reauthorizes the African Elephant Conservation Act (AECA) through FY2022. H.R.227 - Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act - 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 FY2022. S.33 - Improved National Monument Designation Process Act - Before a national monument can be designated on public land, the President must obtain congressional approval, certify compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), and receive notice from the governor of the state in which the monument is to be located that the state legislature has enacted legislation approving its designation. H.R.424 - Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2017 - 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. S.164 - A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue the final rules relating to the listing of the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes and the State of Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. H.R.788 - Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act - This bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the construction and expansion of public target ranges by: (1) authorizing a state to pay up to 90% of the costs of acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public target range; (2) authorizing a state to elect to allocate 10% of a specified amount apportioned to it from the federal aid to wildlife restoration fund for those costs; (3) limiting the federal share of those costs under such Act to 90%; and (4) requiring amounts provided for those costs under such Act to remain available for expenditure and obligation for five fiscal years. S.J.Res.18 - A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by the Department of the Interior relating to Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska. S.376 - 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act - This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, to make publicly available on the Internet the best scientific and commercial data available that are the basis for the determination of whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species, including each proposed regulation for the listing of a species. H.R.1273 - 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require publication of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species, and for other purposes. S.478 - Hunter and Farmer Protection Act of 2017 - To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to prohibit baiting exemptions on certain land. S.593 - Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act - To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States. S.733 - A bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes. H.R.1945 - 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. S.935 - Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to permit Governors of States to regulate intrastate endangered species and intrastate threatened species, to amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to permit the taking of certain black vultures and ravens, and for other purposes. H.R.2134 - Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to permit Governors of States to regulate intrastate endangered species and intrastate threatened species, and for other purposes. H.R.2591 - Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act of 2017 - To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to modernize the funding of wildlife conservation, and for other purposes. H.R.2603 - SAVES Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that nonnative species in the United States shall not be treated as endangered species or threatened species for purposes of that Act. S.1214 - Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act - To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the Environmental Protection Agency with respect to certain sporting good articles, and to exempt those articles from a definition under that Act. H.R.3266 - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 - Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. S.1609 - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 - Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. S.1613 - Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act of 2017 - To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to modernize the funding of wildlife conservation, and for other purposes. H.R.3543 - Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 - To require the Secretary of the Interior to develop a categorical exclusion for covered vegetative management activities carried out to establish or improve habitat for greater sage-grouse and mule deer, and for other purposes. H.R.3608 - Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require publication on the Internet of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species, and for other purposes. H.R.3668 - SHARE Act - To provide for the preservation of sportsmens heritage and enhance recreation opportunities on Federal land, and for other purposes. S.2277 - A bill to require the delisting of Mexican gray wolves under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 on a determination that the subspecies has been sufficiently recovered in the United States.- To require the delisting of Mexican gray wolves under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 on a determination that the subspecies has been sufficiently recovered in the United States. H.R.4883 - Continental Divide Recreation, Wilderness and Camp Hale Legacy Act- To provide for the designation of certain wilderness areas, recreation management areas, and conservation areas in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes. H.R.5148 - Protect Public Use of Public Lands Act- To release certain wilderness study areas in the State of Montana. H.R.5149 - Unlocking Public Lands Act- To provide that certain wilderness study areas in Montana have been adequately studied for wilderness designation.

H.R.224 - Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act - 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. H.R.225 - Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act - 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. H.R.226 - African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act - This bill reauthorizes the African Elephant Conservation Act (AECA) through FY2022. H.R.227 - Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act - 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 FY2022. S.33 - Improved National Monument Designation Process Act - Before a national monument can be designated on public land, the President must obtain congressional approval, certify compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), and receive notice from the governor of the state in which the monument is to be located that the state legislature has enacted legislation approving its designation. H.R.424 - Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2017 - 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. S.164 - A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue the final rules relating to the listing of the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes and the State of Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. H.R.788 - Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act - This bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the construction and expansion of public target ranges by: (1) authorizing a state to pay up to 90% of the costs of acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public target range; (2) authorizing a state to elect to allocate 10% of a specified amount apportioned to it from the federal aid to wildlife restoration fund for those costs; (3) limiting the federal share of those costs under such Act to 90%; and (4) requiring amounts provided for those costs under such Act to remain available for expenditure and obligation for five fiscal years. S.J.Res.18 - A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by the Department of the Interior relating to Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska. S.376 - 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act - This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, to make publicly available on the Internet the best scientific and commercial data available that are the basis for the determination of whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species, including each proposed regulation for the listing of a species. H.R.1273 - 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require publication of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species, and for other purposes. S.478 - Hunter and Farmer Protection Act of 2017 - To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to prohibit baiting exemptions on certain land. S.593 - Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act - To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States. S.733 - A bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes. H.R.1945 - 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. S.935 - Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to permit Governors of States to regulate intrastate endangered species and intrastate threatened species, to amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to permit the taking of certain black vultures and ravens, and for other purposes. H.R.2134 - Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to permit Governors of States to regulate intrastate endangered species and intrastate threatened species, and for other purposes. H.R.2591 - Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act of 2017 - To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to modernize the funding of wildlife conservation, and for other purposes. H.R.2603 - SAVES Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that nonnative species in the United States shall not be treated as endangered species or threatened species for purposes of that Act. S.1214 - Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act - To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the Environmental Protection Agency with respect to certain sporting good articles, and to exempt those articles from a definition under that Act. H.R.3266 - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 - Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. S.1609 - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 - Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. S.1613 - Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act of 2017 - To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to modernize the funding of wildlife conservation, and for other purposes. H.R.3543 - Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 - To require the Secretary of the Interior to develop a categorical exclusion for covered vegetative management activities carried out to establish or improve habitat for greater sage-grouse and mule deer, and for other purposes. H.R.3608 - Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require publication on the Internet of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species, and for other purposes. H.R.3668 - SHARE Act - To provide for the preservation of sportsmens heritage and enhance recreation opportunities on Federal land, and for other purposes.

The Resident Physician Shortage Act (H.R. 226), Medicare DSH payments, Children's Health Insurance Program

Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Legislation: H.R. 1818 Big Cat Public Safety Act H.R. 2790 Humane Cosmetics Act H.R. 1753/S. 741 Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act H.R. 1752/S. 740 Voluntary Checkoff Program Participation Act H.R. 2651 Thoroughbred Horseracing Integrity Act H.R. 1494/S. 654 Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act H.R. 1847 Prevent All Soring Tactics Act H.R. 1338 Horse Protection Amendments Act H.R. 909/S. 322 Pet and Women Safety Act H.R. 113 Safeguarding American Food Exports Act H.R. 1456/S. 793 Shark Fin Trade Elimination Act H.R. 1406 Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act of 2017 H.R. 1368/S. 503 Animal Welfare Accountability and Transparency Act Farm Bill (not yet introduced) Puppy Mill Bills (not yet introduced) H.R. 2887 No Regulation without Representation Act of 2017 Animal Welfare in Agricultural Research Endeavors Act (not yet introduced) H.R. 424/S. 164 Gray Wolf State Management Act S. 733 Sportsmens Act S. 1514 Hunting Heritage and Environmental Legacy Preservation (HELP) for Wildlife Act H.R. 226 African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act H.R. 1243 Battlefield Excellence through Superior Training Practices Act H.R. 2810 and S. 1519 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 H.R. 1438 Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act H.R. 1584 Orca Responsibility and Care Advancement Act H. Res. 244 Expressing support for Japan to end its whaling in all forms and to strengthen measures to conserve whale populations H.R. 1817 Chemical Poisons Reduction Act H.R. 2542 Federal Bird-Safe Buildings Act of 2017 H.R. 2083 Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act H.R. 1759 Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act S. 951 Regulatory Accountability Act H.R. 816 FACT Act H.R. 3197 Preventing Unkind and Painful Procedures and Experiments on Respected Species (PUPPERS) Act Rulemaking and Federal Government Decisions and Policies: Potential revisions to the Endangered Species Act Upgrading dog dealer standards Organic Livestock and Poultry Protection Rule Horse Protection Act Rule Animal Welfare Act and Horse Protection Act online records Nominations Sonny Perdue, Department of Agriculture

H.R.224 - Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act - 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. H.R.225 - Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act - 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. H.R.226 - African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act - This bill reauthorizes the African Elephant Conservation Act (AECA) through FY2022. H.R.227 - Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act - 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 FY2022. S.33 - Improved National Monument Designation Process Act - Before a national monument can be designated on public land, the President must obtain congressional approval, certify compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), and receive notice from the governor of the state in which the monument is to be located that the state legislature has enacted legislation approving its designation. H.R.424 - Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2017 - 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. S.164 - A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue the final rules relating to the listing of the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes and the State of Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. H.J.Res.49 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of the Interior relating to "Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska". H.R.788 - Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act - This bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the construction and expansion of public target ranges by: (1) authorizing a state to pay up to 90% of the costs of acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public target range; (2) authorizing a state to elect to allocate 10% of a specified amount apportioned to it from the federal aid to wildlife restoration fund for those costs; (3) limiting the federal share of those costs under such Act to 90%; and (4) requiring amounts provided for those costs under such Act to remain available for expenditure and obligation for five fiscal years. S.J.Res.18 - A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by the Department of the Interior relating to Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska. H.J.Res.69 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of the Interior relating to "Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska". S.376 - 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act - This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, to make publicly available on the Internet the best scientific and commercial data available that are the basis for the determination of whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species, including each proposed regulation for the listing of a species. H.R.1273 - 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require publication of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species, and for other purposes. S.478 - Hunter and Farmer Protection Act of 2017 - To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to prohibit baiting exemptions on certain land. S.593 - Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act - To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States. S.733 - A bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes. H.R.1945 - 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. S.935 - Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to permit Governors of States to regulate intrastate endangered species and intrastate threatened species, to amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to permit the taking of certain black vultures and ravens, and for other purposes. H.R.2134 - Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to permit Governors of States to regulate intrastate endangered species and intrastate threatened species, and for other purposes. H.R.2591 - Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act of 2017 - To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to modernize the funding of wildlife conservation, and for other purposes. H.R.2603 - SAVES Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that nonnative species in the United States shall not be treated as endangered species or threatened species for purposes of that Act. S.1214 - Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act - To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the Environmental Protection Agency with respect to certain sporting good articles, and to exempt those articles from a definition under that Act. H.R.3266 - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 - Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. S.1609 - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 - Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. S.1613 - Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act of 2017 - To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to modernize the funding of wildlife conservation, and for other purposes. H.R.3543 - Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 - To require the Secretary of the Interior to develop a categorical exclusion for covered vegetative management activities carried out to establish or improve habitat for greater sage-grouse and mule deer, and for other purposes. H.R.3608 - Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require publication on the Internet of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species, and for other purposes. H.R.3668 - SHARE Act - To provide for the preservation of sportsmens heritage and enhance recreation opportunities on Federal land, and for other purposes.

H.R.224 - Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act - 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. H.R.225 - Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act - 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. H.R.226 - African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act - This bill reauthorizes the African Elephant Conservation Act (AECA) through FY2022. H.R.227 - Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act - 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 FY2022. S.33 - Improved National Monument Designation Process Act - Before a national monument can be designated on public land, the President must obtain congressional approval, certify compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), and receive notice from the governor of the state in which the monument is to be located that the state legislature has enacted legislation approving its designation. H.R.424 - Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2017 - 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. S.164 - A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue the final rules relating to the listing of the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes and the State of Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. H.J.Res.49 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of the Interior relating to "Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska". H.R.788 - Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act - This bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the construction and expansion of public target ranges by: (1) authorizing a state to pay up to 90% of the costs of acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public target range; (2) authorizing a state to elect to allocate 10% of a specified amount apportioned to it from the federal aid to wildlife restoration fund for those costs; (3) limiting the federal share of those costs under such Act to 90%; and (4) requiring amounts provided for those costs under such Act to remain available for expenditure and obligation for five fiscal years. S.J.Res.18 - A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by the Department of the Interior relating to Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska. H.J.Res.69 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of the Interior relating to "Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska". S.376 - 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act - This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, to make publicly available on the Internet the best scientific and commercial data available that are the basis for the determination of whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species, including each proposed regulation for the listing of a species. H.R.1273 - 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require publication of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species, and for other purposes. S.478 - Hunter and Farmer Protection Act of 2017 - To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to prohibit baiting exemptions on certain land. S.593 - Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act - To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States. S.733 - A bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes. H.R.1945 - 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. S.935 - Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to permit Governors of States to regulate intrastate endangered species and intrastate threatened species, to amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to permit the taking of certain black vultures and ravens, and for other purposes. H.R.2134 - Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to permit Governors of States to regulate intrastate endangered species and intrastate threatened species, and for other purposes. H.R.2591 - Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act of 2017 - To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to modernize the funding of wildlife conservation, and for other purposes. H.R.2603 - SAVES Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that nonnative species in the United States shall not be treated as endangered species or threatened species for purposes of that Act. S.1214 - Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act - To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the Environmental Protection Agency with respect to certain sporting good articles, and to exempt those articles from a definition under that Act. H.R.3266 - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 - Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. S.1609 - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 - Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. S.1613 - Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act of 2017 - To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to modernize the funding of wildlife conservation, and for other purposes. H.R.3543 - Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 - To require the Secretary of the Interior to develop a categorical exclusion for covered vegetative management activities carried out to establish or improve habitat for greater sage-grouse and mule deer, and for other purposes. H.R.3608 - Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require publication on the Internet of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species, and for other purposes. H.R.3668 - SHARE Act - To provide for the preservation of sportsmens heritage and enhance recreation opportunities on Federal land, and for other purposes.

H.R.224 - Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act - 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. H.R.225 - Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act - 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. H.R.226 - African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act - This bill reauthorizes the African Elephant Conservation Act (AECA) through FY2022. H.R.227 - Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act - 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 FY2022. S.33 - Improved National Monument Designation Process Act - Before a national monument can be designated on public land, the President must obtain congressional approval, certify compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), and receive notice from the governor of the state in which the monument is to be located that the state legislature has enacted legislation approving its designation. H.R.424 - Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2017 - 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. S.164 - A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue the final rules relating to the listing of the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes and the State of Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. H.R.788 - Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act - This bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the construction and expansion of public target ranges by: (1) authorizing a state to pay up to 90% of the costs of acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public target range; (2) authorizing a state to elect to allocate 10% of a specified amount apportioned to it from the federal aid to wildlife restoration fund for those costs; (3) limiting the federal share of those costs under such Act to 90%; and (4) requiring amounts provided for those costs under such Act to remain available for expenditure and obligation for five fiscal years. S.J.Res.18 - A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by the Department of the Interior relating to Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska. S.376 - 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act - This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, to make publicly available on the Internet the best scientific and commercial data available that are the basis for the determination of whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species, including each proposed regulation for the listing of a species. H.R.1273 - 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require publication of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species, and for other purposes. S.478 - Hunter and Farmer Protection Act of 2017 - To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to prohibit baiting exemptions on certain land. S.593 - Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act - To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States. S.733 - A bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes. H.R.1945 - 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. S.935 - Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to permit Governors of States to regulate intrastate endangered species and intrastate threatened species, to amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to permit the taking of certain black vultures and ravens, and for other purposes. H.R.2134 - Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to permit Governors of States to regulate intrastate endangered species and intrastate threatened species, and for other purposes. H.R.2591 - Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act of 2017 - To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to modernize the funding of wildlife conservation, and for other purposes. H.R.2603 - SAVES Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that nonnative species in the United States shall not be treated as endangered species or threatened species for purposes of that Act. S.1214 - Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act - To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the Environmental Protection Agency with respect to certain sporting good articles, and to exempt those articles from a definition under that Act. H.R.3266 - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 - Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. S.1609 - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 - Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. S.1613 - Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act of 2017 - To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to modernize the funding of wildlife conservation, and for other purposes. H.R.3543 - Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 - To require the Secretary of the Interior to develop a categorical exclusion for covered vegetative management activities carried out to establish or improve habitat for greater sage-grouse and mule deer, and for other purposes. H.R.3608 - Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require publication on the Internet of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species, and for other purposes. H.R.3668 - SHARE Act - To provide for the preservation of sportsmens heritage and enhance recreation opportunities on Federal land, and for other purposes.

Supporting the Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act (TEAPSPA - HR1759) in the House, with outreach for potential sponsors and cosponsors, 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, end animal suffering, and promote conservation of wild populations, supporting ADI's overarching goal for longstanding change to end animal suffering and to promote conservation of wild populations: the Big Cat Act, PACT Act, Humane Cosmetics Act, ORCA Act, WILD Act, BEST Practices Act-HR1243, PUPPERS Act, AWARE Act, & HR3792. Oppose bills counter to ADI's state mission, including HR226, HR224, HR2603, and those seeking to limit or abolish the ESA and related environmental /habitat protections.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)

H.R.224 - Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act - 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. H.R.225 - Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act - 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. H.R.226 - African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act - This bill reauthorizes the African Elephant Conservation Act (AECA) through FY2022. H.R.227 - Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act - 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 FY2022. S.33 - Improved National Monument Designation Process Act - Before a national monument can be designated on public land, the President must obtain congressional approval, certify compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), and receive notice from the governor of the state in which the monument is to be located that the state legislature has enacted legislation approving its designation. H.R.424 - Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2017 - 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. S.164 - A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue the final rules relating to the listing of the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes and the State of Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. H.R.788 - Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act - This bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the construction and expansion of public target ranges by: (1) authorizing a state to pay up to 90% of the costs of acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public target range; (2) authorizing a state to elect to allocate 10% of a specified amount apportioned to it from the federal aid to wildlife restoration fund for those costs; (3) limiting the federal share of those costs under such Act to 90%; and (4) requiring amounts provided for those costs under such Act to remain available for expenditure and obligation for five fiscal years. S.J.Res.18 - A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by the Department of the Interior relating to Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska. S.376 - 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act - This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, to make publicly available on the Internet the best scientific and commercial data available that are the basis for the determination of whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species, including each proposed regulation for the listing of a species. H.R.1273 - 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require publication of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species, and for other purposes. S.478 - Hunter and Farmer Protection Act of 2017 - To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to prohibit baiting exemptions on certain land. S.593 - Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act - To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States. S.733 - A bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes. H.R.1945 - 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. S.935 - Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to permit Governors of States to regulate intrastate endangered species and intrastate threatened species, to amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to permit the taking of certain black vultures and ravens, and for other purposes. H.R.2134 - Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to permit Governors of States to regulate intrastate endangered species and intrastate threatened species, and for other purposes. H.R.2591 - Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act of 2017 - To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to modernize the funding of wildlife conservation, and for other purposes. H.R.2603 - SAVES Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that nonnative species in the United States shall not be treated as endangered species or threatened species for purposes of that Act. S.1214 - Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act - To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the Environmental Protection Agency with respect to certain sporting good articles, and to exempt those articles from a definition under that Act. H.R.3266 - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 - Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. S.1609 - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 - Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. S.1613 - Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act of 2017 - To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to modernize the funding of wildlife conservation, and for other purposes. H.R.3543 - Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 - To require the Secretary of the Interior to develop a categorical exclusion for covered vegetative management activities carried out to establish or improve habitat for greater sage-grouse and mule deer, and for other purposes. H.R.3608 - Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require publication on the Internet of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species, and for other purposes. H.R.3668 - SHARE Act - To provide for the preservation of sportsmens heritage and enhance recreation opportunities on Federal land, and for other purposes.

H.R.224 - Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act - 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. H.R.225 - Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act - 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. H.R.226 - African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act - This bill reauthorizes the African Elephant Conservation Act (AECA) through FY2022. H.R.227 - Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act - 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 FY2022. S.33 - Improved National Monument Designation Process Act - Before a national monument can be designated on public land, the President must obtain congressional approval, certify compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), and receive notice from the governor of the state in which the monument is to be located that the state legislature has enacted legislation approving its designation. H.R.424 - Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2017 - 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. S.164 - A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue the final rules relating to the listing of the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes and the State of Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. H.J.Res.49 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of the Interior relating to "Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska". H.R.788 - Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act - This bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the construction and expansion of public target ranges by: (1) authorizing a state to pay up to 90% of the costs of acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public target range; (2) authorizing a state to elect to allocate 10% of a specified amount apportioned to it from the federal aid to wildlife restoration fund for those costs; (3) limiting the federal share of those costs under such Act to 90%; and (4) requiring amounts provided for those costs under such Act to remain available for expenditure and obligation for five fiscal years. S.J.Res.18 - A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by the Department of the Interior relating to Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska. H.J.Res.69 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of the Interior relating to "Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska". S.376 - 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act - This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, to make publicly available on the Internet the best scientific and commercial data available that are the basis for the determination of whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species, including each proposed regulation for the listing of a species. H.R.1273 - 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require publication of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species, and for other purposes. S.478 - Hunter and Farmer Protection Act of 2017 - To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to prohibit baiting exemptions on certain land. S.593 - Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act - To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States. S.733 - A bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes. H.R.1945 - 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. S.935 - Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to permit Governors of States to regulate intrastate endangered species and intrastate threatened species, to amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to permit the taking of certain black vultures and ravens, and for other purposes. H.R.2134 - Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to permit Governors of States to regulate intrastate endangered species and intrastate threatened species, and for other purposes. H.R.2591 - Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act of 2017 - To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to modernize the funding of wildlife conservation, and for other purposes. H.R.2603 - SAVES Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that nonnative species in the United States shall not be treated as endangered species or threatened species for purposes of that Act. S.1214 - Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act - To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the Environmental Protection Agency with respect to certain sporting good articles, and to exempt those articles from a definition under that Act. H.R.3266 - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 - Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. S.1609 - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 - Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. S.1613 - Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act of 2017 - To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to modernize the funding of wildlife conservation, and for other purposes. H.R.3543 - Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 - To require the Secretary of the Interior to develop a categorical exclusion for covered vegetative management activities carried out to establish or improve habitat for greater sage-grouse and mule deer, and for other purposes. H.R.3608 - Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require publication on the Internet of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species, and for other purposes. H.R.3668 - SHARE Act - To provide for the preservation of sportsmens heritage and enhance recreation opportunities on Federal land, and for other purposes.

Supporting the Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act (TEAPSPA - HR1759) in the House, with outreach for potential sponsors and cosponsors, 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, end animal suffering, and promote conservation of wild populations, supporting ADI's overarching goal for longstanding change to end animal suffering and to promote conservation of wild populations: the Big Cat Act, PACT Act, Humane Cosmetics Act, FACT Act, PAWS Act, Captive Primate Safety Act, ORCA Act, WILD Act, HR1629, BEST Practices Act-HR1243, , HR1584, PUPPERS Act, & HR3792. Oppose bills counter to ADI's state mission, including SHARE Act- HJR69, HRes244, HR226, HR2603, HELP for Wildlife Bill S1514, and those seeking to limit or abolish the ESA and related environmental /habitat protections.

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Legislation: H.R. 1818 Big Cat Public Safety Act H.R. 2790 Humane Cosmetics Act H.R. 1753/S. 741 Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act H.R. 1752/S. 740 Voluntary Checkoff Program Participation Act H.R. 2651 Thoroughbred Horseracing Integrity Act H.R. 1494/S. 654 Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act H.R. 1847 Prevent All Soring Tactics Act H.R. 1338 Horse Protection Amendments Act H.R. 909/S. 322 Pet and Women Safety Act H.R. 113 Safeguarding American Food Exports Act H.R. 1456/S. 793 Shark Fin Trade Elimination Act H.R. 1406 Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act of 2017 H.R. 1368/S. 503 Animal Welfare Accountability and Transparency Act Farm Bill (not yet introduced) Puppy Mill Bills (not yet introduced) H.R. 2887 No Regulation without Representation Act of 2017 Animal Welfare in Agricultural Research Endeavors Act (not yet introduced) H.R. 424/S. 164 Gray Wolf State Management Act S. 733 Sportsmens Act S. 1514 Hunting Heritage and Environmental Legacy Preservation (HELP) for Wildlife Act H.R. 226 African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act H.R. 1243 Battlefield Excellence through Superior Training Practices Act H.R. 2810 and S. 1519 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 H.R. 1438 Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act H.R. 1584 Orca Responsibility and Care Advancement Act H. Res. 244 Expressing support for Japan to end its whaling in all forms and to strengthen measures to conserve whale populations H.R. 1817 Chemical Poisons Reduction Act H.R. 2542 Federal Bird-Safe Buildings Act of 2017 H.R. 2083 Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act H.R. 1759 Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act S. 951 Regulatory Accountability Act H.R. 816 FACT Act H.R. 3197 Preventing Unkind and Painful Procedures and Experiments on Respected Species (PUPPERS) Act Rulemaking and Federal Government Decisions and Policies: Potential revisions to the Endangered Species Act Upgrading dog dealer standards Organic Livestock and Poultry Protection Rule Horse Protection Act Rule Animal Welfare Act and Horse Protection Act online records Nominations Sonny Perdue, Department of Agriculture

H.R.224 - Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act - 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. H.R.225 - Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act - 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. H.R.226 - African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act - This bill reauthorizes the African Elephant Conservation Act (AECA) through FY2022. H.R.227 - Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act - 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 FY2022. S.33 - Improved National Monument Designation Process Act - Before a national monument can be designated on public land, the President must obtain congressional approval, certify compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), and receive notice from the governor of the state in which the monument is to be located that the state legislature has enacted legislation approving its designation. H.R.424 - Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2017 - 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. S.164 - A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue the final rules relating to the listing of the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes and the State of Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. H.J.Res.49 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of the Interior relating to "Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska". H.R.788 - Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act - This bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the construction and expansion of public target ranges by: (1) authorizing a state to pay up to 90% of the costs of acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public target range; (2) authorizing a state to elect to allocate 10% of a specified amount apportioned to it from the federal aid to wildlife restoration fund for those costs; (3) limiting the federal share of those costs under such Act to 90%; and (4) requiring amounts provided for those costs under such Act to remain available for expenditure and obligation for five fiscal years. S.J.Res.18 - A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by the Department of the Interior relating to Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska. H.J.Res.69 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of the Interior relating to "Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska". S.376 - 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act - This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, to make publicly available on the Internet the best scientific and commercial data available that are the basis for the determination of whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species, including each proposed regulation for the listing of a species. H.R.1273 - 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require publication of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species, and for other purposes. S.478 - Hunter and Farmer Protection Act of 2017 - To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to prohibit baiting exemptions on certain land. S.593 - Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act - To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States. S.733 - A bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes.

H.R.224 - Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act - 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. H.R.225 - Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act - 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. H.R.226 - African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act - This bill reauthorizes the African Elephant Conservation Act (AECA) through FY2022. H.R.227 - Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act - 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 FY2022. S.33 - Improved National Monument Designation Process Act - Before a national monument can be designated on public land, the President must obtain congressional approval, certify compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), and receive notice from the governor of the state in which the monument is to be located that the state legislature has enacted legislation approving its designation. H.R.424 - Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2017 - 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. S.164 - A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue the final rules relating to the listing of the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes and the State of Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. H.J.Res.49 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of the Interior relating to "Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska". H.R.788 - Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act - This bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the construction and expansion of public target ranges by: (1) authorizing a state to pay up to 90% of the costs of acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public target range; (2) authorizing a state to elect to allocate 10% of a specified amount apportioned to it from the federal aid to wildlife restoration fund for those costs; (3) limiting the federal share of those costs under such Act to 90%; and (4) requiring amounts provided for those costs under such Act to remain available for expenditure and obligation for five fiscal years. S.J.Res.18 - A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by the Department of the Interior relating to Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska. H.J.Res.69 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of the Interior relating to "Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska". S.376 - 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act - This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, to make publicly available on the Internet the best scientific and commercial data available that are the basis for the determination of whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species, including each proposed regulation for the listing of a species. H.R.1273 - 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require publication of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species, and for other purposes. S.478 - Hunter and Farmer Protection Act of 2017 - To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to prohibit baiting exemptions on certain land. S.593 - Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act - To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States. S.733 - A bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes. H.R.1945 - 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. S.935 - Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to permit Governors of States to regulate intrastate endangered species and intrastate threatened species, to amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to permit the taking of certain black vultures and ravens, and for other purposes. H.R.2134 - Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to permit Governors of States to regulate intrastate endangered species and intrastate threatened species, and for other purposes. H.R.2591 - Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act of 2017 - To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to modernize the funding of wildlife conservation, and for other purposes. H.R.2603 - SAVES Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that nonnative species in the United States shall not be treated as endangered species or threatened species for purposes of that Act. S.1214 - Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act - To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the Environmental Protection Agency with respect to certain sporting good articles, and to exempt those articles from a definition under that Act.

H.R.224 - Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act - 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. H.R.225 - Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act - 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. H.R.226 - African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act - This bill reauthorizes the African Elephant Conservation Act (AECA) through FY2022. H.R.227 - Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act - 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 FY2022. S.33 - Improved National Monument Designation Process Act - Before a national monument can be designated on public land, the President must obtain congressional approval, certify compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), and receive notice from the governor of the state in which the monument is to be located that the state legislature has enacted legislation approving its designation. H.R.424 - Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2017 - 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. S.164 - A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue the final rules relating to the listing of the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes and the State of Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. H.J.Res.49 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of the Interior relating to "Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska". H.R.788 - Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act - This bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the construction and expansion of public target ranges by: (1) authorizing a state to pay up to 90% of the costs of acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public target range; (2) authorizing a state to elect to allocate 10% of a specified amount apportioned to it from the federal aid to wildlife restoration fund for those costs; (3) limiting the federal share of those costs under such Act to 90%; and (4) requiring amounts provided for those costs under such Act to remain available for expenditure and obligation for five fiscal years. S.J.Res.18 - A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by the Department of the Interior relating to Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska. H.J.Res.69 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of the Interior relating to "Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska". S.376 - 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act - This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, to make publicly available on the Internet the best scientific and commercial data available that are the basis for the determination of whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species, including each proposed regulation for the listing of a species. H.R.1273 - 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require publication of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species, and for other purposes. S.478 - Hunter and Farmer Protection Act of 2017 - To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to prohibit baiting exemptions on certain land. S.593 - Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act - To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States. S.733 - A bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1818 Big Cat Public Safety Act Humane Cosmetics Act (not yet introduced) H.R. 1753/S. 741 Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act H.R. 1752/S. 740 Voluntary Checkoff Program Participation Act Thoroughbred Horseracing Integrity Act (not yet introduced) H.R. 1494/S. 654 Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act H.R. 1847 Prevent All Soring Tactics Act H.R. 1338 Horse Protection Amendments Act H.R. 909/S. 322 Pet and Women Safety Act H.R. 113 Safeguarding American Food Exports Act H.R. 1456/S. 793 Shark Fin Trade Elimination Act H.R. 1406 Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act of 2017 H.R. 1368/S. 503 Animal Welfare Accountability and Transparency Act Farm Bill (not yet introduced) H.R. 1759 Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act Animal Welfare in Agricultural Research Endeavors Act (not yet introduced) H.R. 424/S. 164 Gray Wolf State Management Act S. 733 Sportsmens Act H.R. 226 African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act H.R. 1243 Battlefield Excellence through Superior Training Practices Act H.R. 1438 Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act H.R. 1584 Orca Responsibility and Care Advancement Act H. Res. 244 Expressing support for Japan to end its whaling in all forms and to strengthen measures to conserve whale populations H.R. 1817 Chemical Poisons Reduction Act H.J.Res. 69 and S.J.Res.18 Hunting Prohibitions on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska Congressional Review Act: Alaska National Wildlife Refuges Rule H.R. 816 Federal Accountability in Chemical Testing (FACT) Act S. 1014 Personal Care Products Safety Act H.Res. 133 National Pet Adoption Day/Month Midnight Rules and Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Acts Rulemaking and Federal Government Decisions and Policies: Potential revisions to the Endangered Species Act Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reclassification of the West Indian Manatee From Endangered to Threatened Animal Welfare Act and Horse Protection Act online records Wildlife trafficking enforcement discussions with DOJ (see federal agency section) Nonanimal alternatives policies at FDA De-listing of grizzly bears from endangered species list Environmental Impact Statement on presence of wolves in Isle Royale National Park Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices Rule USDA Horse soring rule Appointments: Scott Pruitt, Environmental Protection Agency Appointments: Tom Price, Health and Human Services Mick Mulvaney, Office of Management and Budget Rex Tillerson, Department of State Jeff Sessions, Attorney General Wilbur Ross, Department of Commerce Ryan Zinke, Department of Interior Sonny Perdue, Department of Agriculture

H.R.224 - Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act - 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. H.R.225 - Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act - 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. H.R.226 - African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act - This bill reauthorizes the African Elephant Conservation Act (AECA) through FY2022. H.R.227 - Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act - 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 FY2022. S.33 - Improved National Monument Designation Process Act - Before a national monument can be designated on public land, the President must obtain congressional approval, certify compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), and receive notice from the governor of the state in which the monument is to be located that the state legislature has enacted legislation approving its designation. H.R.424 - Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2017 - 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. S.164 - A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue the final rules relating to the listing of the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes and the State of Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. H.J.Res.49 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of the Interior relating to "Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska". H.R.788 - Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act - This bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the construction and expansion of public target ranges by: (1) authorizing a state to pay up to 90% of the costs of acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public target range; (2) authorizing a state to elect to allocate 10% of a specified amount apportioned to it from the federal aid to wildlife restoration fund for those costs; (3) limiting the federal share of those costs under such Act to 90%; and (4) requiring amounts provided for those costs under such Act to remain available for expenditure and obligation for five fiscal years. S.J.Res.18 - A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by the Department of the Interior relating to Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska. H.J.Res.69 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of the Interior relating to "Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska". S.376 - 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act - This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, to make publicly available on the Internet the best scientific and commercial data available that are the basis for the determination of whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species, including each proposed regulation for the listing of a species. H.R.1273 - 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require publication of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species, and for other purposes. S.478 - Hunter and Farmer Protection Act of 2017 - To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to prohibit baiting exemptions on certain land. S.593 - Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act - To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States. S.733 - A bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes.