Protect America's Wildlife Act of 2009
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Protect America's Wildlife Act of 2009 - Amends the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to impose criminal penalties on anyone who knowingly violates any regulation prohibiting the shooting or harassing of birds, fish, or other animals from aircraft (airborne hunting). Increases the monetary penalty for airborne hunting from $5,000 to $50,000. Expands the exceptions to the prohibition against airborne hunting to include enhancing the propagation and survival of wildlife or preventing the extinction of a species threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3381: Protect America's Wildlife Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3381/
"H.R. 3381: Protect America's Wildlife Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3381/.
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