H.R. 3538
119th Congress
House
Wildlife Confiscations Network Act of 2025
Official title: To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a Wildlife Confiscations Network, and for other purposes.
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Advisory bodiesAnimal protection and human-animal relationshipsLicensing and registrationsWildlife conservation and habitat protection
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 24, 2025
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Jun 23, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.
May 21, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
May 21, 2025
Introduced in House
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Subcommittee Hearings Held
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Lobbying activity
31
- WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY
- TOM ALBERT CONSULTING, LLC
- TAI GINSBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC
- AMERICAN ZOO AND AQUARIUM ASSOCIATION
- CAPITOL CONNECTIONS, LLC
- CAPITOL CONNECTIONS, LLC
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)
- Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- Interior, Dept of (DOI)
- Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
- Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
Cosponsors
23
D
Frost, Maxwell
D
Magaziner, Seth
D
Castro, Joaquin
D
Mrvan, Frank J.
D
Carson, André
D
Foushee, Valerie P.
D
Garcia, Sylvia R.
D
Landsman, Greg
R
Lawler, Michael
D
Torres, Ritchie
R
Gimenez, Carlos A.
R
Kiggans, Jennifer A.
R
Kim, Young
D
Ruiz, Raul
R
Carter, Earl L. "Buddy"
D
Smith, Adam
D
Correa, J. Luis
D
Brownley, Julia
D
Carbajal, Salud O.
D
Elfreth, Sarah
D
Costa, Jim
D
Krishnamoorthi, Raja
D
Quigley, Mike
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3538: Wildlife Confiscations Network Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3538/
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