HR 3442
109th Congress
House
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
Inhumane Trapping Prevention Act
Introduced: July 26, 2005
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Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 23, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Aug 5, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Aug 4, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Jul 26, 2005
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.
Jul 26, 2005
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Inhumane Trapping Prevention Act - 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, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.