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ProTECT Act of 2024

Introduced: March 22, 2024 See on congress.gov
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Mar 22, 2024
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Mar 22, 2024
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Prohibiting Threatened and Endangered Creature Trophies Act of 2024 or the ProTECT Act of 2024

This bill modifies the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit any person from taking threatened species within the United States or U.S. territorial seas as trophies or importing such trophies. A trophy is a dead animal, or recognizable part of an animal, that was obtained under an authorization issued by a state, foreign government, or private landowner.

What's happening now March 22, 2024

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 7840 Identical bill ProTECT Act of 2024
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 12
D
Clark, Katherine M.
Massachusetts · Mar 26, 2024
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Lieu, Ted
California · Mar 26, 2024
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Mar 22, 2024
 D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Mar 22, 2024
 D
Goldman, Daniel S.
New York · Mar 22, 2024
 D
Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Mar 22, 2024
Lee, Barbara
· Mar 22, 2024
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Mar 22, 2024
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 22, 2024
Payne, Donald
· Mar 22, 2024
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Mar 22, 2024
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Mar 22, 2024
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Mar 22, 2024
 D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Mar 22, 2024
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7795: ProTECT Act of 2024. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-7795/
MLA
"H.R. 7795: ProTECT Act of 2024." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-7795/.
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H.R. 7795, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-7795/.
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[H.R. 7795: ProTECT Act of 2024](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-7795/)
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