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S 1081 114th Congress Senate 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: April 23, 2015 Introduced by: Booker, Cory A. Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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May 6, 2015
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-37.
Apr 23, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Apr 23, 2015
Introduced in Senate
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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 May 6, 2015

Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-37.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2016 Related bill Refuge From Cruel Trapping Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5
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Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Nov 16, 2016
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Oct 7, 2015
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jul 21, 2015
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Jun 24, 2015
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Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · May 22, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1081: Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1081/
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"S. 1081: Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1081/.
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S. 1081, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1081/.
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