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S 1006 106th Congress Senate Animals Arrest Commerce Crime and Law Enforcement Customs administration 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

A bill to end the use of conventional steel-jawed leghold traps on animals in the United States.

Introduced: May 11, 1999 See on congress.gov
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May 11, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
May 11, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5052)
May 11, 1999
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Prohibits the import, export, or shipment in interstate commerce of conventional steel-jawed 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. Applies the Export Administration Act of 1979 or the customs laws, respectively, to the seizure and forfeiture of articles or traps exported or imported in violation of this Act.

What's happening now May 11, 1999

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2