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HR 4939 118th Congress House Agriculture and Food

To authorize livestock producers and their employees to take crested caracaras in order to prevent the death of or injury or destruction to livestock, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 26, 2023 Introduced by: Pfluger, August Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jul 26, 2023
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill allows livestock producers and their employees to take certain actions against crested caracaras to protect livestock. (Crested caracaras are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.)

Specifically, livestock producers and their employees may (1) take (i.e., capture, kill, disperse, or transport) a crested caracara that they reasonably believe will cause death, injury, or destruction to livestock; or (2) in the course of taking or attempting to take the crested caracara, cause injury to the bird.

Livestock producers and their employees must submit an annual report to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) on crested caracaras taken under this bill. The FWS must make this reporting form available on its website.

Currently, the FWS has a special permit process under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act for the taking of crested caracaras. 

What's happening now July 26, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Jul 26, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4939: To authorize livestock producers and their employees to take crested caracaras in order to prevent the death of or injury or destruction to livestock, and for other purposes.. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4939/
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"H.R. 4939: To authorize livestock producers and their employees to take crested caracaras in order to prevent the death of or injury or destruction to livestock, and for other purposes.." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4939/.
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H.R. 4939, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4939/.
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[H.R. 4939: To authorize livestock producers and their employees to take crested caracaras in order to prevent the death of or injury or destruction to livestock, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4939/)
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