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H.R. 4422 119th Congress House

Don’t Feed the Bears Act of 2025

Official title: To require the adoption and enforcement of regulations to prohibit the intentional feeding of bears on Federal public lands in order to end the hunting practic… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require the adoption and enforcement of regulations to prohibit the intentional feeding of bears on Federal public lands in order to end the hunting practice known as "bear baiting" and reduce the number of dangerous interactions between people and bears.

Introduced: July 15, 2025 Introduced by: Shri Thanedar Democratic · Michigan See on congress.gov
Public Lands and Natural Resources
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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.
Jul 15, 2025
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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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Lobbying activity 6

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

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Bodies those filers lobbied

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 Cosponsors 4
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Mar 25, 2026
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Carson, André
Indiana · Jul 15, 2025
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Krishnamoorthi, Raja
Illinois · Jul 15, 2025
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 15, 2025
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4422: Don’t Feed the Bears Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4422/
MLA
"H.R. 4422: Don’t Feed the Bears Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4422/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 4422, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4422/.
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[H.R. 4422: Don’t Feed the Bears Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4422/)
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