ANIMALS related term(s) National Wildlife Refuges; Wildlife

Amendments

Crime: prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (S. 1947), S7393, S7403 [4DE]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 4089), H1879, H1881, H1882, H1883, H1885, H1886, H1887, H1888, H1889 [17AP]

——— protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 4089), consideration (H. Res. 614), H1870 [17AP]

——— protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 3525), S6636, S6638, S6639 [21SE], S6727, S6748, S6749, S6759, S6760 [13NO], S6807, S6808, S6809, S6810, S6811, S6812, S6821, S6822, S6824, S6826, S6827 [14NO], S6904 [26NO], S7359 [3DE]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: establish criteria for the rate of fees charged for grazing private livestock on public rangelands (see S. 3374), S4893 [11JY]

——— make it unlawful for a packer to own, feed, or control livestock intended for slaughter (see S. 2141), S1147 [29FE] (see H.R. 4284), H1739 [28MR]

——— provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see S. 3239), S3631 [24MY] (see H.R. 3798), H113 [23JA]

Animal Welfare Act: modify definition of ‘‘exhibitor’’ (see S. 3666), S7686 [6DE]

Armed Forces: establish a grant program to encourage use of assistance dogs by certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans (see S. 3689), S8138 [18DE]

——— provide for certain requirements relative to retirement, adoption, care, and recognition of military working dogs (see S. 2134), S1049 [27FE] (see H.R. 4103), H1016 [28FE]

Chesapeake Bay: reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative and improve Dept. of Agriculture assistance to farmers and foresters within the watershed and to States with water quality programs (see S. 2294), S2496 [18AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: define urban rodent control for clarifying control of nuisance mammals and birds carried out by Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service wildlife services program and private sector (see H.R. 6470), H6231 [20SE]

——— submit and provide access to a report on the animals killed under the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Wildlife Services program (see H.R. 6308), H5705 [2AU]

Dept. of Commerce: authorize and set certain catch limits on aboriginal subsistence whaling if the International Whaling Commission fails to adopt such limits (see S. 3262), S3728 [5JN] (see H.R. 5898), H3480 [5JN]

Dept. of Defense: establish Southern Sea Otter Military Readiness Areas for national defense purposes (see H.R. 4043), H801 [15FE]

Dept. of the Interior: enter into an agreement to provide for management of the free-roaming wild horses in and around the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge (see S. 3448), S5487 [26JY]

——— establish a grant program to eradicate non-native constrictor snakes from ecosystems in which they exist in sustainable populations (see H.R. 5923), H3660 [7JN]

Education: expand workforce of veterinarians specialized in care and conservation of wild animals and ecosystems and develop educational programs focused on wildlife and zoological veterinary medicine (see H.R. 3886), H439 [2FE]

Endangered species: halt premature proposed listing of certain central Texas salamander species resulting from a settlement agreement and take into account ongoing State and local conservation efforts (see S. 3446), S5487 [26JY] (see H.R. 6219), H5327 [26JY]

Endangered Species Act: establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements (see S. 3500), S5977 [2AU]

Endangered Species Day: designate (see S. Res. 467), S3280 [17MY]

Government regulations: protect birds, rats, and mice (see H.R. 6693), H7424 [20DE]

Hazardous substances: prohibit use, production, sale, import, or export of sodium fluoroacetate (Compound 1080) and ban use of sodium cyanide for predator control (see H.R. 4214), H1426 [20MR]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 6388), H5999 [13SE]

K–9 Veterans Day: designate (see H. Res. 740), H5291 [25JY]

Marine mammals: support an end to commercial whaling in all of its forms and strengthen measures to conserve whale populations (see H. Res. 714), H4604 [28JN]

Morality and ethics: condemn practice of gassing stray cats and dogs (see H. Res. 761), H5707 [2AU]

——— disapprove use of gas chambers to euthanize shelter animals and support State laws requiring the use of drugs for euthanasia by animal shelters (see H. Res. 736), H5078 [19JY]

Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act: reauthorize (see S. 3208), S3329 [21MY]

National Day of the American Cowboy: designate (see S. Res. 470), S3516 [23MY]

North American bison: designate as the national mammal of the U.S. (see S. 3248), S3631 [24MY] (see H.R. 6304), H5705 [2AU]

Public lands: improve management of grazing leases and permits (see H.R. 4234), H1496 [21MR]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (see S. 3525), S6062 [10SE] (see H.R. 4089), H965 [27FE]

——— protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 4089), consideration (see H. Res. 614), H1844 [16AP]

——— recognize heritage of recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting on public lands and ensure continued opportunities for those activities (see S. 2066), S323 [2FE]

——— recognize hunters, anglers, trappers, recreational boaters and shooters, industry, State and Federal fish and wildlife agencies for restoring healthy populations of fish, wildlife, and other natural resources (see H. Res. 801), H6232 [20SE]

Wildlife: establish improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife to prevent introduction and establishment in the U.S. of nonnative wildlife and wild animal pathogens and parasites (see S. 3606), S6546 [20SE] (see H.R. 5864), H3266 [30MY]

——— prohibit breeding and private possession of captive big cats except by accredited zoos and facilities and require registration of big cats currently in possession by private owners (see S. 3547), S6340 [13SE] (see H.R. 4122), H1133 [1MR]

——— prohibit import, export, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce of any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species (see H.R. 4306), H1803 [29MR]

Cloture motions

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 3525), S6728 [13NO], S6830 [15NO]

——— protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 3525), motion to proceed, S6502 [20SE], S6604 [21SE]

Letters

Recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting opportunities protection and enhancement: several sportsmen organizations, S6498 [20SE]

Sportsmen’s Heritage Act: Jonathan W. Gassett, Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies, H1874 [17AP]

——— Representative Doc Hastings, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H1874 [17AP]

——— Representative Lucas, Committee on Agriculture (House), H1874 [17AP]

——— Representative Upton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H1874 [17AP]

——— several recreational sports and wildlife conservation organizations, H1875 [17AP]

Lists

Organizations supporting S. 3525, Sportsmen’s Act, S6560 [21SE]

Motions

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 4089), H1895 [17AP]

——— protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 3525), S6502 [20SE], S6559 [21SE], S6727 [13NO], S6890 [26NO]

Remarks in House

Abington, PA: tribute to South Abington Elementary School Paws for Peace initiative, E831 [17MY]

Anderson, IN: express condolences to the Anderson Police Dept., for loss of police dogs, E1475 [11SE]

Animal Welfare Act: modify definition of ‘‘exhibitor’’ (S. 3666), H7495 [31DE]

Atlanta, GA: tribute to Georgia Aquarium, E1583 [21SE]

Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (H.R. 192), H3586 [7JN]

Crime: prohibit shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption (H.R. 2966), H2144 [26AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: anniversary of Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, E815 [16MY]

——— Horse Protection Program funding, H2819 [17MY]

——— submit and provide access to a report on the animals killed under the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Wildlife Services program (H.R. 6308), E1396 [3AU]

Dept. of Defense: establish Southern Sea Otter Military Readiness Areas for national defense purposes, H3004, H3032 [17MY]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit funding to implement Americans With Disabilities Act provision that allows miniature horses to be used as service animals, H2531, H2532 [9MY]

Dept. of the Interior: enter into an agreement to provide for management of the free-roaming wild horses in and around the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge (H.R. 306), H480, H481 [6FE], E161 [8FE]

——— establish a grant program to eradicate non-native constrictor snakes from ecosystems in which they exist in sustainable populations (H.R. 5923), E1008 [7JN]

Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge: anniversary, E1740 [13NO]

Endangered species: prohibit importation of polar bear trophies from Canada, H1885, H1886 [17AP]

EPA: impact of adding the lesser prairie chicken to the endangered species list on energy exploration, H6712 [12DE]

Fish and fishing: reduce predation on endangered Columbia River salmon and other nonlisted species, H3776 [19JN]

Food: require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (H.R. 3553), H6073 [19SE]

Forest Service: prohibit from banning use of dogs while deer hunting in Kisatchie National Forest, H1886, H1887 [17AP]

Georgetown, TX: tribute to Horses for Heroes program, E1721 [26OC]

Government regulations: exempt regulations on offshore bank account disclosure, middle income tax relief, invasive species, prescription drug safety, and foreclosure relief and predatory lending from regulatory freeze, H5318 [26JY]

Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (H.R. 192), H3586 [7JN]

Houston, TX: tribute to Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, E298 [1MR]

Kimberling, Cleon: Colorado State University Dept. of Animal Science Livestock Leader of the Year award recipient, H86 [23JA]

Marine Mammal Commission: funding, H2414, H2415 [8MY]

Mississippi Poultry Association: anniversary, E606 [19AP]

National Park Service: clarify that all public lands under National Park Service jurisdiction are included in the hunting exemption, H1882, H1883 [17AP]

News media: allegations of media bias in coverage of Beef Products, Inc., E499 [29MR]

NOAA: John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program funding, H2358 [8MY]

——— prohibit funding to implement rule requiring shrimp fishermen to use turtle excluder devices, H2522, H2523 [9MY]

Pendleton, IN: express condolences to families of victims of shooting, E1390 [2AU]

Pits for Patriots (organization): tribute, H6509 [29NO]

Pleasanton, CA: anniversary of Alameda County Fair, E1080 [19JN]

Public lands: establish a pilot program to test a small increase in Federal grazing fees, H3778, H3779 [19JN]

——— improve management of grazing leases and permits, H3746, H3761, H3778, H3779 [19JN]

——— make new restrictions on managing hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting effective only if the amount of land available for those purposes falls below a certain acreage, H1883, H1884 [17AP]

——— preserve recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting while maintaining prohibitions on oil and gas development, mining, logging, and motorized activities in wilderness areas, H1888, H1889 [17AP]

Sea Otter Awareness Week: observance, E1602 [21SE]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 4089), H1873–H1897 [17AP], H1918 [18AP], H5889 [12SE], E585, E589 [19AP], E621 [24AP]

——— protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 4089), consideration (H. Res. 614), H1860–H1872 [17AP]

——— protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 4089), motion to recommit, H1895, H1896 [17AP]

West Chester Fish, Game & Wildlife Association: anniversary, E1607 [21SE]

Wood, Dave: Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame inductee, E213 [16FE]

World Circus Day: observance, E546 [17AP]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: make it unlawful for a packer to own, feed, or control livestock intended for slaughter (S. 2141), S1150 [29FE]

——— provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens, S4282 [19JN]

——— provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (S. 3239), S3633 [24MY]

Animal Welfare Act: modify definition of ‘‘exhibitor’’ (S. 3666), S7688 [6DE]

Armed Forces: establish a grant program to encourage use of assistance dogs by certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans (S. 3689), S8139 [18DE]

Bousman, Joel: Wyoming Livestock Roundup (publication) Wyoming Agriculture Hall of Fame inductee, S5865 [1AU]

China: enforce product safety regulations on imports to the U.S., S379–S381 [7FE]

Conservation of natural resources: repeal multinational species conservation funds reauthorizations, S6835 [15NO]

Crime: prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture, S3960 [12JN], S4353 [20JN]

——— prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (S. 1947), S7393, S7394 [4DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: improve efficiency, digestibility, and nutritional value of food for poultry and livestock, S4196 [14JN], S4352 [20JN]

——— improve livestock forage disaster plan, S4267, S4268 [19JN]

——— Market Access Program funding, S4336 [20JN]

——— reform Federal grazing fees, S3935 [12JN]

——— Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Program funding, S4390 [21JN]

Dept. of the Interior: enter into an agreement to provide for management of the free-roaming wild horses in and around the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge (H.R. 306), S1945 [21MR]

FDA: accelerate investigation into imported pet food from China, S380 [7FE]

Food: allow States to require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material, S4169 [14JN], S4384 [21JN]

Government regulations: ensure that extras in film and television who bring personal, domesticated household pets do not face unnecessary regulations, S4353 [20JN]

Hardy, Gene: Wyoming Livestock Roundup (publication) Wyoming Agriculture Hall of Fame inductee, S5865 [1AU]

Johnson, Jhett: Wrangler National Finals Rodeo team roping competition gold buckle recipient, S33 [23JA]

Lutheran Church Charities (organization): tribute to response to school shootings in Newtown, CT, S8449 [27DE]

National Day of the American Cowboy: designate (S. Res. 470), S3519 [23MY], S4250 [18JN]

North American bison: designate as the national mammal of the U.S. (S. 3248), S3638 [24MY]

Rapid City, SD: anniversary of Reptile Gardens, S4456 [25JN], S4671 [27JN]

Research: prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes (S. 810), S8037 [13DE]

Sports: importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada, S6794 [14NO], S6888 [26NO]

——— protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 4089), unanimous-consent request, S6604 [21SE]

——— protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 3525), S6066 [10SE], S6075 [11SE], S6415 [19SE], S6498, S6499 [20SE], S6727, S6728 [13NO], S6765, S6766, S6794 [14NO], S6829–S6835 [15NO], S6877, S6884–S6891 [26NO]

——— protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 3525), motion to proceed, S6501 [20SE], S6559, S6560, S6604, S6605 [21SE], S6715, S6726 [13NO]

——— protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 3525), unanimous-consent request, S6415 [19SE]

——— violation of Budget Control Act by legislation to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting, S6885–S6891 [26NO]

Wildlife: prohibit breeding and private possession of captive big cats except by accredited zoos and facilities and require registration of big cats currently in possession by private owners (S. 3547), S6343 [13SE]

Wildlife Conservation Day: observance, S7398 [4DE]

Reports filed

Captive Primate Safety Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1324) (S. Rept. 112–188), S5084 [17JY]

Consideration of H.R. 4089, Sportsmen’s Heritage Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 614) (H. Rept. 112–444), H1844 [16AP]

Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 893) (S. Rept. 112–137), S131 [26JA]

Grazing Improvement Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4234) (H. Rept. 112–533), H3706 [15JN]

Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 810) (S. Rept. 112–242), S7302 [30NO]

Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 179) (S. Rept. 112–149), S1049 [27FE]

Military Readiness and Southern Sea Otter Conservation Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4043) (H. Rept. 112–606), H4906 [17JY]

Prohibit Importation of Various Injurious Species of Constrictor Snakes: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 511) (H. Rept. 112–691), H6297 [28SE]

Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2834) (H. Rept. 112–609), H5077 [19JY]

Sportsmen’s Heritage Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4089) (H. Rept. 112–426), H1844 [16AP]

Wildlife Disease Emergency Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 357) (S. Rept. 112–214), S6451 [19SE]

Wildlife Refuge System Conservation Semipostal Stamp Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2236) (H. Rept. 112–372), H77 [18JA]

Rulings of the Chair

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 3525), S6890 [26NO]

Texts of

H. Res. 614, consideration of H.R. 4089, Sportsmen’s Heritage Act, H1860 [17AP]

H.R. 306, Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act, H480 [6FE]

S. 1947, Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act, S7393 [4DE]

S. 2141, make it unlawful for a packer to own, feed, or control livestock intended for slaughter, S1150 [29FE]

S. 3239, provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens, S3634–S3636 [24MY]

S. 3666, Animal Welfare Act definition of ‘‘exhibitor’’ modification, S7688 [6DE], H7495 [31DE]

S. Res. 467, Endangered Species Day, S3288 [17MY]

S. Res. 470, National Day of the American Cowboy, S3519 [23MY], S4250 [18JN]