DAMS for Beavers Act

Issues related to the protection of domestic, farmed, and wild animals, including the Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression Act (S. 2019); the Pigs and Public Health Act (H.R. 8994); the Captive Primate Safety Act (S. 4206); the Mink VIRUS Act (H.R. 3783); the DAMS for Beavers Act (H.R. 10303); and Endangered Species Act riders in the House Interior Appropriations Bill (H.R. 8998) and the Senate Interior Appropriations Bill (S. 4802).

Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 243Emergency and Disaster Preparedness for Farm Animals Act - To require producers to establish disaster preparedness plans to be eligible for certain disaster assistance programs HR 3090/S 4004PAST Act - To expand horse soring regulations HR 3475/S 2037SAFE Act - To amend the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 to prohibit the slaughter of equines for human consumption. HR 3656Wild Horse and Burro Protection Act - To prohibit certain uses of aircraft with respect to the management of wild free-roaming horses and burros HR 3783Mink VIRUS Act - To protect public health and human safety by prohibiting the farming of mink for their fur, to compensate farmers as they transition out of the industry, and for other purposes. HR 3859Animal Welfare Enforcement Improvement Act -- To amend the Animal Welfare Act to increase protections for animals, and for other purposes. HR 4068/S 1940Canyon's Law - To prohibit the use of M-44 devices, commonly known as "cyanide bombs", on public land, and for other purposes. HR 4241Horse Transportation Safety Act- To amend the Horse Protection Act, to prohibit the transportation of horses in interstate transportation in a motor vehicle containing 2 or more levels stacked on top of one another, and for other purposes. HR 4417/S 2020Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression Act (EATS Act) -- To prevent States and local jurisdictions from interfering with the production and distribution of agricultural products in interstate commerce, and for other purposes. HR 5217Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act -- To prohibit the possession or use of body-gripping traps in the National Wildlife Refuge System HR 6021Ejiao Act of 2023 -- To prohibit the transportation, sale, and purchase of donkeys or donkey hides for the purpose of producing ejiao, to prohibit the transportation, sale, and purchase of products containing ejiao, and for other purposes. HR 7999Wildlife Rescue, Rehabilitation, and Reintroduction Act of 2024 -- To establish a Wildlife Confiscations Network HR 8164/S 4206Captive Primate Safety Act -- To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit certain activities involving prohibited primate species HR 8492Prohibit Wildlife Killing Contests Act -- To prohibit wildlife killing contests on public lands HR 8733To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act HR 9571 Cold-Blooded Animal Research and Exhibition Act -- To amend the Animal Welfare Act to include cold-blooded species as animals HR 10219Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Act -- To assist in the conservation of critically endangered species in foreign countries HR 10292Whale CHARTS Act -- To require the Secretary of Commerce to produce distribution maps for certain species of whales HR 10303/S 5447DAMS for Beavers Act -- To establish a grant program for projects that use nonlethal coexistence measures to reduce property damage caused by native beavers FY25 and FY26 Appropriations NDAA Endangered Species Act Marine Mammal Protection Act

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)