HR 1176
105th Congress
House
Animals
Arrest
Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
Export controls
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Forfeiture
Fur trade
Import restrictions
Informers
Injunctions
Interstate commerce
Law
Protection of animals
Recidivists
Searches and seizures
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Transportation and Public Works
Trapping
To end the use of steel jaw leghold traps on animals in the United States.
Introduced: March 20, 1997
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Everywhere this bill has been
11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 4, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection.
Apr 2, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.
Mar 31, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Mar 31, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Mar 21, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E568-569)
Mar 20, 1997
Referred to House Judiciary
Mar 20, 1997
Referred to House International Relations
Mar 20, 1997
Referred to House Ways and Means
Mar 20, 1997
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, International Relations, and the Judiciary, 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.
Mar 20, 1997
Referred to House Commerce
Mar 20, 1997
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Prohibits the import, export, or shipment in interstate commerce of steel jaw leghold traps and of articles of fur derived from animals trapped in such traps.
Prescribes criminal penalties for violations of this Act.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to reward nongovernment informers for information leading to a conviction under this Act. Empowers enforcement officials to detain, search, and seize suspected merchandise or documents and to make arrests with and without warrants. Subjects seized merchandise to forfeiture.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection.
Committees of jurisdiction
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