[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3526 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3526

 To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to extend the import- and 
export-related provision of that Act to species proposed for listing as 
                threatened or endangered under that Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 16, 2015

   Mr. Grijalva (for himself, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Honda, Ms. Brownley of 
 California, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Cartwright, Ms. Titus, Ms. Bordallo, 
  Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Cardenas, Mr. Cohen, Mr. 
 Conyers, Mrs. Davis of California, Ms. Edwards, Mr. Farr, Ms. Norton, 
 Mr. Keating, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Lowenthal, 
 Mr. Lynch, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Rangel, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. 
Sherman, and Ms. Judy Chu of California) introduced the following bill; 
   which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in 
addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs and Ways and Means, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to extend the import- and 
export-related provision of that Act to species proposed for listing as 
                threatened or endangered under that Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Conserving Ecosystems by Ceasing the 
Importation of Large Animal Trophies Act'' or the ``CECIL Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OF 1973.

    Section 9(a)(1) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1538(a)(1)) is amended by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the 
following:
            ``(A) for any such species listed, or proposed to be 
        listed, under section 4, import the species into, or export the 
        species from, the United States;''.

SEC. 3. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE STUDY.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall conduct and submit to Congress a report on the results of a study 
of the effectiveness of trophy hunting in supporting international 
wildlife conservation efforts.
    (b) Application of Revenues to Tangible Actions.--The study shall 
include a detailed analysis of how permit fees and other payments from 
hunters to government entities and hunting guides in host countries are 
applied to tangible actions supporting the conservation of the target 
species and other wildlife in such countries.
    (c) Report.--The report shall--
            (1) identify data gaps and recommend information that 
        hunters and host countries must submit to verify the impacts of 
        trophy hunting on wildlife conservation efforts; and
            (2) recommend actions that the Department of the Interior 
        and the Congress should take to ensure that trophy hunting 
        contributes to conservation.
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