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HR 3513 113th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Animal protection and human-animal relationships Crimes against animals and natural resources Legal fees and court costs Outdoor recreation Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act

Introduced: November 15, 2013 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Nov 19, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
Nov 15, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Nov 15, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act - Amends the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to prohibit the use or possession of body-gripping traps in the National Wildlife Refuge System.

Imposes on persons who possess or use such traps in the System: (1) for a first offense, a civil fine of up to $500 for each body-gripping trap possessed or used; and (2) for subsequent offenses, a civil fine of up to $1,000 for each body-gripping trap possessed or used, imprisonment for up to 180 days, or both such a civil fine and imprisonment.

Subjects to civil forfeiture any body-gripping traps that are possessed or used in violation of this Act, and any wildlife captured by the use of such traps, including the pelts and raw fur.

Requires persons found to be in violation of such prohibition to pay all associated court costs.

What's happening now November 19, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 7
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Nov 14, 2014
O'Rourke, Beto
· Mar 24, 2014
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Feb 10, 2014
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Feb 10, 2014
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Feb 3, 2014
ENGEL, ELIOT
· Jan 27, 2014
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jan 27, 2014
Polis, Jared
· Jan 27, 2014
FARR, SAM
· Jan 13, 2014
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Dec 3, 2013
MORAN, JAMES
· Nov 15, 2013
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Nov 15, 2013
Shea-Porter, Carol
· Nov 15, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3513: Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3513/
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"H.R. 3513: Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3513/.
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H.R. 3513, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3513/.
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