HR 1809
99th Congress
House
Animals
Animals and Animal Protection
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Export controls
Exports
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and Investments
Forfeiture
Fur trade
Hunting
Import restrictions
Imports
Informers
Protection of animals
Trapping
A bill to end the use of steel jaw leghold traps on animals in the United States.
Introduced: March 28, 1985
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 4, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Mar 28, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 28, 1985
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Prohibits interstate and foreign commerce in any article of fur derived from an animal trapped in a steel jaw leghold trap. Establishes criminal penalties for violations of this Act.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to reward nongovernment informers for information leading to a conviction under this Act. Makes the Secretary, with the assistance of appropriate Federal or State personnel, responsible for enforcing this Act. Empowers enforcement officials to detain, search, and seize suspected merchandise or documents and to make arrests with and without warrants. Subjects seized merchandise to forfeiture.
What's happening now
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Committees of jurisdiction
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