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To end the use of steel jaw leghold traps on animals in the United States.

Introduced: March 20, 1997 See on congress.gov
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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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 April 4, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 8
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 10 Republican 1
D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Sep 16, 1998
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jul 14, 1998
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Mar 26, 1998
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Feb 11, 1998
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jul 17, 1997
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Jun 19, 1997
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Apr 24, 1997
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Mar 20, 1997
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 20, 1997
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Mar 20, 1997
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Mar 20, 1997
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