Refuge From Cruel Trapping Act
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Refuge From Cruel Trapping Act of 2019 This bill prohibits the use or possession of body-gripping traps in the National Wildlife Refuge System. The bill imposes on persons who possess or use such traps in the system (1) for a first offense, a civil fine of up to $500 for each body-gripping trap possessed or used; and (2) for subsequent offenses, a civil fine of up to $1,000 for each body-gripping trap possessed or used, imprisonment for up to 180 days, or both such a civil fine and imprisonment. The bill makes any body-gripping traps that are possessed or used in violation of this bill, and any wildlife captured by the use of such traps, including the pelts and raw fur, subject to civil forfeiture. Persons found to be in violation of such prohibition shall pay all associated court costs.
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2020 · second_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R. 4348/S. 2491 - PAW and FIN Conservation Act H.R.1146 - Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act S. 2461 - Arctic Refuge Protection Act of 2019 H.R. 2795/S.1499 - Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act H.R. 2748/S. 1482 - Safeguarding Americas Future and Environment Act (SAFE Act) FY2021 Interior Appropriations (No bill number) - funding for ESA and National Wildlife Refuge System and other funding for FWS, BLM, FS, and USGS, sage-grouse rider, Recovery program report language FY2021 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations (No bill number) - North Atlantic right whale FY 2021 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations (No bill number) - Border wall Stimulus funding legislation - Funding for various FWS, BLM, FS, USDA, Transportation, and NOAA programs H.R. 2956 - Western Riverside County Wildlife Refuge legislation H.R. 2854 - Protect Our Refuges Act H.R. 1337 - Saving Americas Pollinators Act H.R. 2473 - Securing Access for the Central Valley and Enhancing (SAVE) Water Resources Act S. 1932 - Drought Resiliency and Water Supply Infrastructure Act H.R. 6395-FY 2021 National Defense Authorization Act - Desert National Wildlife Refuge military withdrawal Senate FY 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (No bill number) - Desert National Wildlife Refuge military withdrawal S. 3051/H.R. 925 - Americas Conservation Enhancement (ACE) Act S. 3145/H.R. 5606 - Desert National Wildlife Refuge and Nevada Test and Training Range Withdrawal and Management Act S. 3019 - Montana Water Rights Protection Act H.R. 183 - Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge bill Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act (Draft - no bill number) H.R. 5127 - Refuge From Cruel Trapping Act of 2019 S. 2302-Americas Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019 H.R. 5153 - Indian Buffalo Management Act Amendment to extend subtitle J of the 2016 Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (WIIN Act) H.R. 5999 - Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act H.R. 5217 - Water Optimization for the West Act Aquaculture permitting legislation (No bill number) H.R.6889 - Northern Nevada Economic Development, Conservation and Military Modernization Act of 2020 H.R.7273 - To provide for the Forest Service Legacy Roads and Trails Remediation Program. H.R. 2 - Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act H.R 2 - Moving Forward Act S.3422/ H.R.7092-Great American Outdoors Act S. 4057 - A bill to amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to provide that the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior are not required to reinitiate consultation on a land management plan or land use plan under certain circumstances, and for other purposes. S. Res. 372 - A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Federal Government should establish a national goal of conserving at least 30 percent of the land and ocean of the United States by 2030. H. Res. 835 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal Government should establish a national goal of conserving at least 30 percent of the land and ocean of the United States by 2030.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced in House
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Client expense: $59,473 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · first_quarter · Animals
H.R. 1380 - Big Cat Public Safety Act This bill amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit any person from breeding or possessing prohibited wildlife species (i.e., any live species of lion, tiger, leopard, cheetah, jaguar, or cougar or any hybrid of such species). Breeding means facilitating propagation or reproduction (whether intentionally or negligently), or failing to prevent propagation or reproduction. H.R. 1776 - Captive Primate Safety Act To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit importation, exportation, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, and purchase in interstate or foreign commerce, or in a manner substantially affecting interstate or foreign commerce, of any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species. H.R. 1568 - Save Right Whales Act To assist in the conservation of the North Atlantic right whale by supporting and providing financial resources for North Atlantic right whale conservation programs and projects of persons with expertise required for the conservation of North Atlantic right whales, and for other purposes. H.R. 4348 - PAW & FIN Conservation Act of 2019 To terminate certain rules issued by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce relating to endangered and threatened species, and for other purposes. H.R. 5127 - Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act of 2019 To end the use of body-gripping traps in the National Wildlife Refuge System. H.R. 4804 - Prohibiting Threatened and Endangered Creature Trophies (ProTECT) Act 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. 2245 - Conserving Ecosystems by Ceasing the Importation of Large Animal Trophies Act (CECIL Act) This bill addresses international wildlife conservation efforts and trophy hunting.Specifically, this bill restricts (1) the importation or exportation of species that have been proposed to be listed as threatened or endangered species, or (2) the importation of a sport-hunted trophy of a threatened species or endangered species.
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)
2020 · first_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R. 4348/S. 2491 - PAW and FIN Conservation Act H.R.1146 - Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act S. 2461 - Arctic Refuge Protection Act of 2019 H.R. 2795/S.1499 - Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act H.R. 2748/S. 1482 - Safeguarding Americas Future and Environment Act (SAFE Act) FY2021 Interior Appropriations (No bill number) - funding for ESA and National Wildlife Refuge System and other funding for FWS, BLM, FS, and USGS, sage-grouse rider, Recovery program report language FY2021 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations (No bill number) - North Atlantic right whale FY 2021 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations (No bill number) - Border wall H.R. 2956 - Western Riverside County Wildlife Refuge legislation H.R. 2854 - Protect Our Refuges Act H.R. 1337 - Saving Americas Pollinators Act H.R. 2473 - Securing Access for the Central Valley and Enhancing (SAVE) Water Resources Act S. 1932 - Drought Resiliency and Water Supply Infrastructure Act H.R. 6395-FY 2021 National Defense Authorization Act - Desert National Wildlife Refuge military withdrawal Senate FY 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (No bill number) - Desert National Wildlife Refuge military withdrawal Western Caucus Discussion Draft ESA Modernization Package for the 116th Congress: The LIST Act (H.R. 5579); The EMPOWERS Act (H.R. 5594); The PETITION Act (no bill number); The LAMP Act (H.R. 4483); The WHOLE Act (H.R. 5588); The Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act (H.R. 5694); The FISH Act (H.R. 548); Listing Reform Act (H.R. 5585); The SAVES Act (H.R. 30); Bring ESA Into the 21st Century Act (H.R. 5580); Property Rights Protection Act (H.R. 5601); Increasing Access and Multiple Use Act (H.R. 5705); Critical Habitat Improvement Act (H.R. 5591); Critical Infrastructure Act (H.R. 5445); American Sovereignty and Species Protection Act (H.R. 5638); Threatened Species Protection Improvement Act (H.R. 5557) S. 3051/H.R. 925 - Americas Conservation Enhancement (ACE) Act S. 3145/H.R. 5606 - Desert National Wildlife Refuge and Nevada Test and Training Range Withdrawal and Management Act S. 3019 - Montana Water Rights Protection Act H.R. 183 - Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge bill Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act (Draft - no bill number) H.R. 5127 - Refuge From Cruel Trapping Act of 2019 S. 2302-Americas Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019 H.R. 5153 - Indian Buffalo Management Act Amendment to extend subtitle J of the 2016 Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (WIIN Act) H.R. 5999 - Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act H.R. 5217 - Water Optimization for the West Act
Client expense: $85,035 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2019 · fourth_quarter · Animals
H.R. 1380 - Big Cat Public Safety Act This bill amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit any person from breeding or possessing prohibited wildlife species (i.e., any live species of lion, tiger, leopard, cheetah, jaguar, or cougar or any hybrid of such species). Breeding means facilitating propagation or reproduction (whether intentionally or negligently), or failing to prevent propagation or reproduction. H.R. 1776 - Captive Primate Safety Act To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit importation, exportation, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, and purchase in interstate or foreign commerce, or in a manner substantially affecting interstate or foreign commerce, of any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species. H.R. 1568 - Save Right Whales Act To assist in the conservation of the North Atlantic right whale by supporting and providing financial resources for North Atlantic right whale conservation programs and projects of persons with expertise required for the conservation of North Atlantic right whales, and for other purposes. H.R. 4348 - PAW & FIN Conservation Act of 2019 To terminate certain rules issued by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce relating to endangered and threatened species, and for other purposes. H.R. 5127 - Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act of 2019 To end the use of body-gripping traps in the National Wildlife Refuge System. H.R. 4804 - Prohibiting Threatened and Endangered Creature Trophies (ProTECT) Act 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.
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)
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