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Orca Responsibility and Care Advancement Act of 2015 [HB-4019]
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Orca Responsibility and Care Advancement Act of 2015 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. The bill amends the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit any person from artificially inseminating or breeding that species for exhibition purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Livestock And Foreign Agriculture. on 12/01/2015
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Bureau of Land Management Foundation Act [HB-3844]
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Bureau of Land Management Foundation Act (Sec. 3) This bill establishes the Bureau of Land Management Foundation as a charitable, nonprofit organization to encourage, accept, obtain, administer, and use private gifts of money, devises, and bequests of real and personal property for the benefit of, or in connection with, the activities and services of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The foundation shall conduct and encourage programs and activities that support: educational, technical, scientific, and other assistance or activities to support
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jody B. Hice
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 07/06/2016
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Equine Tax Parity Act [HB-3672]
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Equine Tax Parity Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the preferential tax treatment of gains and losses from the sale of depreciable property used in a trade or business, to eliminate "horses" from the definition of "livestock" (thus making the 24-month holding period requirement for livestock inapplicable to horses and allowing horses to be treated as capital assets subject to the existing 1-year holding period requirement).
Sponsored by: Rep. Garland Barr
Introduced In House on 10/01/2015
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Race Horse Cost Recovery Act of 2015 [HB-3671]
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Race Horse Cost Recovery Act of 2015 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the accelerated depreciation allowance for race horses to allow a three-year recovery period for any race horse. (Current law limits depreciation to race horses placed in service before January 1, 2015, and race horses that are more than two years old if placed in service after December 31, 2014.)
Sponsored by: Rep. Garland Barr
Introduced In House on 10/01/2015
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Transportation Security Administration Reform and Improvement Act of 2015 [HB-3584]
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Transportation Security Administration Reform and Improvement Act of 2015 TITLE I--AVIATION SECURITY (Sec. 101) This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to operate a trusted passenger-screening TSA PreCheck Program that provides expedited screening for low-risk passengers and their accessible property based on a comprehensive and continuous analysis of specified factors. The TSA shall publish PreCheck application enrollment standards to add multiple private sector application capabilities for the program to increase the
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Sponsored by: Rep. John Katko
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 02/24/2016
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CECIL Act Conserving Ecosystems by Ceasing the Importation of Large Animal Trophies Act [HB-3526]
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CECIL Act Conserving Ecosystems by Ceasing the Importation of Large Animal Trophies Act This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to apply the Act's prohibitions on importing or exporting species listed as threatened or endangered to species proposed to be listed as well. The Government Accountability Office must conduct and submit a report on the results of a study of the effectiveness of trophy hunting in supporting international wildlife conservation efforts.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Trade. on 09/21/2015
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Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2015 [HB-335]
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Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2015 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 FY2020. 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,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Lands. on 03/02/2015
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Sanctuary Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015 [HB-3294]
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Sanctuary Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015 Directs the Department of Health and Human Services to promulgate a final rule revising federal regulations regarding the importation of nonhuman primates (i.e. chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, macaques, and numerous other species) to expand the categories of uses for which nonhuman primates may be imported and distributed to include live nonhuman primates imported into the United States by a certified primate sanctuary for purposes of providing lifetime shelter and care. Requires such rule to establish
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 07/31/2015
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Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2015 [HB-327]
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Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2015 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
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Sponsored by: Rep. Don Young
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water, Power And Oceans. on 03/02/2015
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PAST Act Prevent All Soring Tactics Act of 2015 [HB-3268]
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PAST Act Prevent All Soring Tactics Act of 2015 This bill amends the Horse Protection Act to establish a new system for inspecting horses for soring, revise penalties for violations of the Act, and modify enforcement procedures. 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 (USDA) must establish requirements to license, train, assign, and oversee persons hired by the management of horse shows, exhibitions, sales,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Commerce, Manufacturing, And Trade. on 07/31/2015
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Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act of 2015 [HB-326]
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Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act of 2015 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 Water, Power And Oceans. on 03/02/2015
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Pribilof Islands Transition Act Amendments of 2015 [HB-325]
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Pribilof Islands Transition Act Amendments of 2015 This bill amends the Fur Seal Act of 1966 to revise provisions concerning the disposal of federal property on the Pribilof Islands (a group of five islands off the coast of mainland Alaska named Saint Paul, Saint George, Walrus, Otter, and Sea Lion Rock), including by: (1) authorizing the Department of Commerce to transfer or exchange specified land on the Islands to the village corporations of Saint Paul and Saint George Islands, and (2) giving those village corporations the first priority right
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Sponsored by: Rep. Don Young
Referred To The Subcommittee On Indian, Insular And Alaska Native Affairs. on 03/02/2015
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Wild Horse Oversight Act [HB-3172]
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Wild Horse Oversight Act Amends the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to direct the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, upon request, to allow a state or an Indian tribe to assume all management and protection functions under the Act with regard to wild free-roaming horses and burros on land within the boundaries of the state or the tribe.
Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Stewart
Referred To The Subcommittee On Indian, Insular And Alaska Native Affairs. on 08/04/2015
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Thoroughbred Horseracing Integrity Act of 2015 [HB-3084]
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Thoroughbred Horseracing Integrity Act of 2015 Establishes the Thoroughbred Horseracing Anti-Doping Authority as an independent organization with responsibility for developing and administering an anti-doping program for Thoroughbred horses (covered horses), the trainers, owners, veterinarians, and employees of such persons and other personnel who are engaged in the care, training, or racing of such horses (covered persons), and horseraces that involve only Thoroughbreds and that are the subject of interstate off-track wagers (covered horseraces).
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Commerce, Manufacturing, And Trade. on 07/17/2015
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Captive Primate Safety Act [HB-2920]
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Captive Primate Safety Act This bill amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit importing, exporting, transporting, selling, receiving, acquiring, or purchasing in interstate or foreign commerce any live animal of a non-human primate species. The bill also limits any licensed or registered person from allowing direct contact between any member of the public and a live bear, tiger, lion, jaguar, cougar, African leopard, snow leopard, ape, gibbon, siamang, monkey, or loris. The Lacey Act prohibition applies to state-licensed wildlife rehabilitators.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Lands. on 07/14/2015
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Mexican Wolf Transparency and Accountability Act [HB-2910]
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Mexican Wolf Transparency and Accountability Act This bill nullifies: (1) the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's determination to list the Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) as an endangered subspecies under the Endangered Species Act of 1973; and (2) the rule entitled, "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Revision to the Regulations for the Nonessential Experimental Population of the Mexican Wolf."
Sponsored by: Sen. Martha McSally
Introduced In House on 06/25/2015
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National Bison Legacy Act [HB-2908]
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National Bison Legacy Act (Sec. 3) This bill adopts the North American bison as the national mammal of the United States.
Sponsored by: Rep. Janice D. Schakowsky
Became Public Law No: 114-152. (txt | Pdf) on 05/09/2016
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Pet Safety and Protection Act of 2015 [HB-2849]
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Pet Safety and Protection Act of 2015 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
Introduced In House on 06/23/2015
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Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 [HB-2822]
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Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 Provides FY2016 appropriations for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and related agencies. TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Provides appropriations to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for: Management of Lands and Resources; Land Acquisition; Oregon and California Grant Lands; Range Improvements; Service Charges, Deposits, and Forfeitures; and Miscellaneous Trust Funds. Prohibits appropriations provided by this bill
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Calvert
H.amdt.630 On Agreeing To The Black Amendment (a100) Agreed To By Voice Vote. on 07/08/2015
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To amend title 10, United States Code, to require that military working dogs be retired in the United States, and for other purposes. [HB-2742]
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To amend title 10, United States Code, to require that military working dogs be retired in the United States, and for other purposes. This bill requires that a military working dog be retired in the United States, except when a U.S. citizen living abroad adopts the dog at the time of retirement. Amounts available to the military department concerned shall be available for such dog's transport to the United States for retirement.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Readiness. on 11/23/2015