HR 4951
117th Congress
House
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Blood and blood diseases
Child safety and welfare
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Land use and conservation
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Canyon’s Law
Introduced: August 6, 2021
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Everywhere this bill has been
6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 21, 2022
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Aug 30, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Aug 19, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Aug 19, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
Aug 6, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
Aug 6, 2021
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Canyon's Law
This bill prohibits the preparing, placing, installing, setting, deploying, or otherwise using an M-44 device on public land. An M-44 device is defined as a device designed to propel sodium cyanide when triggered by an animal, including any device that may be commonly known as an M-44 ejector device or an M-44 predator control device.
No later than 30 days after the enactment of this bill, any federal, state, or county agency that has prepared, placed, installed, set, or deployed an M-44 device on public land shall remove each such device from such land.
What's happening now
Subcommittee Hearings Held.