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2021-07-27
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[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 27, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. NADLER:H.R. 4716.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section, 8, clause 18[Page H4090]
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Natural Resources Committee
House
Standing
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Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee
    - Hearings by
2022-01-20T18:58:31Z
    - Referred to
2021-08-11T21:10:01Z
  - Referred to
2021-07-27T14:03:00Z
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Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee
1
House committee actions
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Committee
- 2021-08-11
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Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee
1
House committee actions
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Committee
- 2021-07-27
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
IntroReferral
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2
House floor actions
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Natural Resources Committee
- 2021-07-27
Introduced in House
IntroReferral
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Library of Congress
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Introduced in House
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2021-07-27
True
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Kilmer
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WA
6
2021-07-27
True
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TN
9
2021-07-27
True
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Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
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Connolly
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VA
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11
2021-07-27
True
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Casten
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IL
6
2021-07-27
True
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2021-07-27
True
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CA
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2021-07-27
True
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2021-07-27
True
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52
2021-07-27
True
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CA
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2021-07-27
True
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True
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CA
15
2021-07-27
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2021-07-27
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2021-07-27
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2021-07-27
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2021-07-27
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2021-07-27
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2021-07-27
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2021-07-27
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2021-07-27
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2021-07-27
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2021-07-27
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2021-07-27
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2021-07-27
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2021-07-27
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2021-08-24
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2021-08-24
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CA
41
2021-08-24
False
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2021-08-24
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PA
Gay
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2021-10-08
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19
2021-10-08
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WA
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2021-10-08
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2021-10-08
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2021-10-08
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2021-12-07
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2022-02-25
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2022-03-18
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2022-03-24
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2022-03-29
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MI
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2022-05-13
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MO
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2022-05-13
False
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IL
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2022-07-19
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Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Animal protection and human-animal relationships
- Civil actions and liability
- Crimes against animals and natural resources
- Legal fees and court costs
- Outdoor recreation
- Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Public Lands and Natural Resources
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2021-07-27
Introduced in House
2022-03-04T16:29:33Z
Refuge From Cruel Trapping Act of 2021
This bill prohibits, with specified exceptions, 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.

Refuge From Cruel Trapping Act of 2021
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Refuge From Cruel Trapping Act of 2021
- Official Title as Introduced

To end the use of body-gripping traps in the National Wildlife Refuge System, and for other purposes.
Introduced in House
IH
- Short Title(s) as Introduced

Refuge From Cruel Trapping Act of 2021
Introduced in House
IH
- Introduced in House
2021-07-27T04:00:00Z
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Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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