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Canyon’s Law

Introduced: June 13, 2023 Introduced by: Merkley, Jeff Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Jun 13, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Jun 13, 2023
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 must remove each such device from such land.

What's happening now June 13, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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