H.R. 5560 · 114th Congress
Public Safety and Wildlife Protection Act
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Lynch1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
This bill prohibits importing, exporting, delivering, carrying, transporting, selling, receiving, acquiring, or purchasing steel-jaw leghold traps or Conibear traps.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jun 22, 2016
Public Safety and Wildlife Protection Act
This bill prohibits importing, exporting, delivering, carrying, transporting, selling, receiving, acquiring, or purchasing steel-jaw leghold traps or Conibear traps.
Steel-jaw leghold traps are certain spring-powered pan or sear-activated devices with steel jaws that are designed to snap closed on animals. Conibear traps consist of metal frames hinged at the center point and powered by two torsion springs that create a scissor-like action designed to kill animals by snapping their spinal columns. Both types of traps exclude cage or box traps, suitcase-type live beaver traps, or mouse or rat snap traps.
The bill establishes penalties for violating the prohibition on the traps.
The Department of the Interior must pay rewards for information that leads to a conviction of a violation of this bill, unless the information was provided by officers or employees of federal, state, or local governments while they were performing official duties.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Public Safety and Wildlife Protection Act
Latest action (Jun 29, 2016): Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Policy area: Animals · Origin: House · Introduced: Jun 22, 2016
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.