HR 1187
107th 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-jawed leghold traps on animals in the United States.
Introduced: March 22, 2001
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Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 19, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Apr 2, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Mar 28, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Mar 22, 2001
Referred to the Committee on Energy and 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 22, 2001
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Makes it unlawful to: (1) import, export, or transport in interstate commerce conventional steel jawed leghold traps and articles of fur derived from animals trapped in such traps; or (2) sell or acquire such a trap transported in violation of such provision. Prescribes criminal penalties for violations.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to reward persons (other than Government employees performing official duties) for information leading to a conviction under this Act.
Empowers enforcement officials to detain, search, and seize suspected containers or merchandise and any accompanying documents, to make arrests without warrants with probable cause, and to execute warrants. Subjects seized merchandise to forfeiture.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.