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Atlantic Seismic Airgun Protection Act [S.1263]
[Energy ]
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[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Climate Change ]
[Science ]
Atlantic Seismic Airgun Protection Act This bill amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit conducting geological or geophysical activities in support of oil, gas, or methane hydrate exploration and development on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf. The geological and geophysical activities are described in a final programmatic environmental impact statement by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management entitled "Atlantic OCS Proposed Geological and Geophysical Activities, Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic Planning Areas."
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory A. Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 05/25/2017
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Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act [S.1214]
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[Public Safety ]
[Recreation ]
Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act This bill exempts components of firearms and ammunition and sport fishing equipment and its components (such as lead sinkers) from regulations on chemical substances under the Toxic Substances Control Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 05/24/2017
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To modify the boundaries of the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area, and for other purposes. [HB-1728]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Energy ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Environmental ]
[Animals ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
To modify the boundaries of the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area, and for other purposes. This bill modifies the boundary of the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area in Idaho to: (1) include specified Bureau of Land Management (BLM) administered land and certain Bureau of Reclamation administered land, and (2) exclude specified lands identified as the Segment 8 Revised Proposed Route and as the Segment 9 Revised Proposed Route. The Department of the Interior shall issue to Gateway West
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul R. Labrador
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 04/05/2017
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Orca Responsibility and Care Advancement Act of 2017 [HB-1584]
[Animals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Orca Responsibility and Care Advancement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to prohibit taking, importing, or exporting the killer whale (orcinus orca) species, or any product that contains that species, for public display purposes. However, the killer whale may be exported if it is being transported to a marine mammal sanctuary. The bill amends the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit any person from artificially inseminating or breeding that species in order to use their progeny for public display purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Livestock And Foreign Agriculture. on 04/11/2017
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Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act of 2017 [HB-1406]
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[Food ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act of 2017 This bill amends the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit people from knowingly slaughtering a dog or cat for human consumption. In addition, the bill prohibits people from knowingly transporting, possessing, buying, selling, or donating: (1) a dog or cat to be slaughtered for human consumption, or (2) dog or cat parts for human consumption. The bill subjects a violator to imprisonment for up to a year, a fine, or both. The bill applies to conduct in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce or within the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Livestock And Foreign Agriculture. on 03/23/2017
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Animal Welfare Accountability and Transparency Act [HB-1368]
[Animals ]
[Taxes ]
[Agriculture ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Animal Welfare Accountability and Transparency Act This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to maintain and publicly disclose records relating to the administration of the Animal Welfare Act and the Horse Protection Act, including specified details regarding inspections, enforcement actions, regulations, registrations, and licenses under the two laws. Within 90 days of the enactment of this bill, USDA must make the records available to the public in an online searchable database in a machine-readable format on its website. The bill
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Livestock And Foreign Agriculture. on 03/23/2017
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Horse Protection Amendments Act [HB-1338]
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[Animals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Horse Protection Amendments Act This bill amends the Horse Protection Act to replace the Designated Qualified Persons program responsible for inspecting horses for soring with a new inspection system. (The soring of horses is any of various actions taken on a horse's limb to produce a higher gait that may cause pain, distress, inflammation, or lameness.) The Department of Agriculture must establish a single Horse Industry Organization (HIO) in order to establish a formal affiliation with the management of each horse sale, horse exhibition, and horse
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Sponsored by: Rep. David P. Roe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Digital Commerce And Consumer Protection. on 03/17/2017
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Animal Welfare Accountability and Transparency Act [S.503]
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[Taxes ]
[Agriculture ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Animal Welfare Accountability and Transparency Act This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to maintain and publicly disclose records relating to the administration of the Animal Welfare Act and the Horse Protection Act, including specified details regarding inspections, enforcement actions, regulations, registrations, and licenses under the two laws. Within 90 days of the enactment of this bill, USDA must make the records available to the public in an online searchable database in a machine-readable format on its website. The bill
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Sponsored by: Sen. Cory A. Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S1580; Text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S1580-1581) on 03/02/2017
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To extend the period of availability of the Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp, and for other purposes. [HB-1247]
[Animals ]
[Arts and Culture ]
To extend the period of availability of the Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp, and for other purposes. This bill amends the Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010 by requiring the U.S. Postal Service to make the stamp available to the public for at least 10 years rather than 6 years. The public must be given the choice of two stamps, one depicting an African elephant and another depicting a tiger.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Lands. on 03/07/2017
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Pet Safety and Protection Act of 2017 [HB-1141]
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[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Pet Safety and Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Animal Welfare Act to revise the list of permissible sources of dogs and cats used by research facilities to include dogs and cats obtained: (1) from a licensed dealer, (2) from a publicly owned and operated pound or shelter that meets specified requirements, (3) by donation from a person who bred and raised the dog or cat or owned it for not less than one year, or (4) from a research facility licensed by the Department of Agriculture. The requirements pertaining to sources apply to dogs
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Livestock And Foreign Agriculture. on 03/10/2017
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Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery Plan Act [S.368]
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[Environmental ]
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Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery Plan Act This bill: requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to publish a revised recovery plan for the Mexican gray wolf populations in Arizona and New Mexico; outlines what must be contained in the plan, including input from states and individuals, a maximum population of the wolf, and a specified range for the wolf; establishes a process for the state wildlife authority of Arizona or New Mexico to assume or supplant the USFWS' authority to manage such wolf in the relevant states if certain conditions are
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Flake
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 02/14/2017
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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. [S.164]
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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. This bill requires the Department of the Interior to reissue two rules that removed protections under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 for the gray wolf populations located in Wyoming and the western Great Lakes (all of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota, as well as portions of North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio).
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Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 01/17/2017
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Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2017 [HB-424]
[Animals ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of the Interior to reissue two rules that removed protections under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 for the gray wolf populations located in Wyoming and the western Great Lakes (all of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota, as well as portions of North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio). In addition, this bill prohibits judicial review of the reissued rules.
Sponsored by: Rep. Collin C. Peterson
Reported By The Committee On Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-487. on 01/08/2018
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Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act [HB-225]
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[International ]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Don Young
Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Lands. on 02/10/2017
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Transportation Security Administration should, in accordance with existing law, enhance security against terrorist attack and other security threats to our Nation's rail and mass transit systems and other modes of surface transportation; and for other purposes. [HR-13]
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Transportation Security Administration should, in accordance with existing law, enhance security against terrorist attack and other security threats to our Nation's rail and mass transit systems and other modes of surface transportation; and for other purposes. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Transportation Security Administration should: (1) continue to enhance security against terrorist attack and other security threats to our nation's rail and mass transit
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee
Introduced In House on 01/03/2017
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Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act [HB-224]
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[Public Lands and National Parks ]
Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act This bill amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to direct the 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 a 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
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Sponsored by: Rep. Don Young
Reported By The Committee On Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-735. on 06/12/2018
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Safeguard American Food Exports Act of 2017 [HB-113]
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[Food ]
[Animals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Safeguard American Food Exports Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem equine (horses and other members of the equidae family) parts to be an unsafe food additive or animal drug. The bill prohibits the knowing sale or transport of equines or equine parts for human consumption.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 01/25/2017
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African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act [HB-226]
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[International ]
[Trade ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act This bill reauthorizes the African Elephant Conservation Act (AECA) through FY2022. Ivory may be imported or exported under the AECA and the Endangered Species Act of 1973 if: (1) the raw ivory or worked ivory is solely for a museum; (2) the raw ivory or worked ivory was lawfully importable into the United States on February 24, 2014, regardless of when it was acquired; or (3) the worked ivory was previously lawfully possessed in the United States. The Department of the Interior may station
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Sponsored by: Rep. Don Young
Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Lands. on 02/10/2017
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Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act [HB-227]
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[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Science ]
[International ]
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. This bill amends the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000 to authorize Department of the Interior to award a multi-year grant to carry out a project that is an effective, long-term conservation strategy for great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Lieu
Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Lands. on 02/10/2017
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Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2017 [S.1129]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2017 This bill authorizes: (1) appropriations for the Coast Guard for FY2018-FY2019, and (2) a specified level of end-of-year strength for active duty personnel and military training student loads for such fiscal years. The bill addresses: (1) training for public safety personnel, (2) service member benefits for Coast Guard personnel, (3) contracts to procure three National Security Cutters, and (4) the Coast Guard Reserve Officers' Training Corps Program. The bill revises or sets forth policies relating to the Coast
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bill Nelson
An Errata Sheet On Written Report No. 115-89 Was Printed. on 06/05/2017