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HR 7398 117th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Animal protection and human-animal relationships Hunting and fishing Land use and conservation

Prohibit Wildlife Killing Contests Act of 2022

Introduced: April 5, 2022 Introduced by: Cohen, Steve Democratic · Tennessee See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 16, 2022
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 18, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Apr 6, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Apr 5, 2022
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.
Apr 5, 2022
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Prohibit Wildlife Killing Contests Act of 2022

This bill makes it unlawful for any persons, except as provided below, to organize, sponsor, conduct, or participate in wildlife killing contests on public lands.

This bill shall not apply to

  • field trials,
  • wildlife killing contests that exclusively target ungulates (e.g., deer) or birds of the orders Galliformes (e.g., turkeys) or Anatidae (e.g., ducks), or
  • lethal control actions by state or federal agencies that target wildlife classified as invasive by the National Invasive Species Information Center.
What's happening now June 16, 2022

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 21
All 21 Democratic 15
Newman, Marie
· Sep 20, 2022
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Aug 16, 2022
Napolitano, Grace
· Jul 27, 2022
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Jun 22, 2022
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jun 16, 2022
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Jun 15, 2022
DEFAZIO, PETER
· Jun 13, 2022
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · May 12, 2022
 D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · May 11, 2022
 D
Stansbury, Melanie A.
New Mexico · Apr 21, 2022
Bush, Cori
· Apr 5, 2022
COOPER, JAMES
· Apr 5, 2022
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Apr 5, 2022
 D
Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · Apr 5, 2022
 D
Jacobs, Sara
California · Apr 5, 2022
Levin, Andy
· Apr 5, 2022
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Apr 5, 2022
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Apr 5, 2022
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 5, 2022
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Apr 5, 2022
 D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · Apr 5, 2022
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7398: Prohibit Wildlife Killing Contests Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7398/
MLA
"H.R. 7398: Prohibit Wildlife Killing Contests Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7398/.
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H.R. 7398, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7398/.
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[H.R. 7398: Prohibit Wildlife Killing Contests Act of 2022](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7398/)
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