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HR 5643 111th Congress House

Compound 1080 and Sodium Cyanide Elimination Act

Official title: To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit the use, production, sale, importation, or exportation of the poison sodium fluoroacetate (known as "Comp… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit the use, production, sale, importation, or exportation of the poison sodium fluoroacetate (known as "Compound 1080") and to prohibit the use of sodium cyanide for predator control.

Introduced: August 10, 2010 See on congress.gov
Environmental Protection Animal protection and human-animal relationshipsCrimes against animals and natural resourcesHazardous wastes and toxic substancesPest management
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Jun 30, 2010
Referred to House Judiciary
Jun 30, 2010
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Jun 30, 2010
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Jun 30, 2010
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 30, 2010

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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Compound 1080 and Sodium Cyanide Elimination Act - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit the use, production, sale, importation, or exportation of sodium fluoroacetate (known as Compound 1080).

Prohibits the use of sodium cyanide in a predator control device.

Subjects a violator of either such prohibition to a fine, imprisonment for not more than two years, or both.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 15
All 15 Democratic 14
D
Heinrich, Martin
New Mexico · Sep 29, 2010
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Sep 14, 2010
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Sep 14, 2010
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Aug 10, 2010
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jul 30, 2010
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Jul 29, 2010
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jul 27, 2010
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Jul 26, 2010
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Jul 26, 2010
 D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Jul 26, 2010
Sestak, Joe
· Jul 13, 2010
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Jul 1, 2010
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jun 30, 2010
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jun 30, 2010
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Jun 30, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5643: Compound 1080 and Sodium Cyanide Elimination Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5643/
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"H.R. 5643: Compound 1080 and Sodium Cyanide Elimination Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5643/.
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H.R. 5643, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5643/.
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