HUNTING AND TRAPPING

Amendments

National Wildlife Refuge System: improve management (H.R. 1420), S9088, S9092 [10SE]

Bills and resolutions

African Elephant Conservation Act: reauthorize (see S. 627), S3419 [22AP]

Animals: conservation of Asian elephants (see S. 1287), S10787 [9OC]

———prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see S. 1557; H.R. 1176), S12575 [13NO], H1259 [20MR]

Firearms: clarify standard required for the importation of sporting arms (see H.R. 2734), H9558 [24OC]

———prohibit possession or transfer of nonsporting handguns (see H.R. 476), H243 [21JA]

National Wildlife Refuge System: improve management (see S. 1059; H.R. 511, 952, 1420), S7950 [23JY], H282 [4FE], H767 [5MR], H1794 [23AP]

———prohibit expenditure of certain funds for new refuges without specific authorization from Congress (see H.R. 512), H282 [4FE]

Public lands: analyze effects of potential hunting and fishing limitations before enacting new land use policies (see S. 751), S4588 [15MY]

Wildlife: clarify prohibitions and provide for wildlife habitat under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (see S. 1533; H.R. 741, 2863), S12575 [13NO], H523 [12FE], H10171 [6NO]

———protect opportunities for sportsmen and enhance conservation of wildlife (see H.R. 1719), H3201 [22MY]

Letters

Import of polar bear trophies from Canada: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, H3122 [21MY]

National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act: Mark Van Putten, National Wildlife Federation, H3229 [3JN]

Lists

National Wildlife Refuge System grazing sites, S9093 [10SE]

National Wildlife Refuge System oil and gas activities, S9094 [10SE]

Proposals

Legislation relative to import of polar bear trophies from Canada: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, H3122 [21MY]

Remarks in House

Animals: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (H.R. 1176), E568 [21MR]

National Wildlife Refuge System: improve management (H.R. 1420), H3225-H3232 [3JN], H7646-H7648 [23SE]

———improve management (H.R. 511), E181 [6FE]

———improve management (H.R. 952), E387 [5MR]

South Dakota: economic growth, H9712 [29OC]

Suffolk County, NY: tribute to Suffolk Alliance of Sportsmen, Inc., E83 [9JA]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: import of polar bear trophies from Canada, H3121 [21MY]

Wildlife: clarify prohibitions and provide for wildlife habitat under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (H.R. 2863), E2208 [7NO]

———clarify prohibitions and provide for wildlife habitat under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (H.R. 741), E244 [12FE]

———efforts to prevent poaching of elephants and rhinoceros, H6734-H6739 [3SE], H6806 [4SE], E1658 [4SE]

———protect opportunities for sportsmen and enhance conservation of wildlife (H.R. 1719), E1014, E1020, E1021, E1023 [22MY]

Remarks in Senate

African Elephant Conservation Act: reauthorize (S. 627), S3438 [22AP]

AID: Communal Areas Management Program for Indigenous Resources funding, S7546 [16JY]

Animals: conservation of Asian elephants (S. 1287), S10797 [9OC]

———prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (S. 1557), S12603 [13NO]

National Wildlife Refuge System: compatibility of certain activities with the specific mission or purposes of a particular refuge, S9238 [11SE]

———improve management (H.R. 1420), S9092-S9096 [10SE], S9238 [11SE]

Public lands: analyze effects of potential hunting and fishing limitations before enacting new land use policies (S. 751), S4599 [15MY]

Wildlife: clarify prohibitions and provide for wildlife habitat under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (S. 1533), S12590 [13NO]

Reports filed

National Wildlife Refuge System Management Improvement: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1420) (H. Rept. 105-106), H3169 [21MY]

Prohibit Expenditure of Funds for New National Wildlife System Refuges Without Specific Authorization From Congress: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 512) (H. Rept. 105-276), H8160 [29SE]

Texts of

H.R. 1420, National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act, H3225-H3227 [3JN]

S. 1533, Migratory Bird Treaty Reform Act, S12591 [13NO]

S. 1557, prohibit trapping with steel jaw leghold traps, S12603 [13NO]