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Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3532-3533) Bill TextA resolution urging the Government of Canada to end the commercial seal hunt. 3/21/2007--Introduced. Urges the government of Canada to end the commercial seal hunt that opened in the waters off the east coast of Canada on November 15, 2006.
Also tagged in: Animals, Canada, Environmental protection, Fishery management, Foreign policy, Hunting, International affairs, Marine mammals, Marine resources, Natural resources, Protection of animals, Seals (Animals), Wildlife, Wildlife conservation
Latest Action: 03/22/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3630) Bill TextA resolution urging the Government of Canada to end the commercial seal hunt. 3/22/2007--Introduced. Urges the government of Canada to end the commercial seal hunt that opened in the waters off the east coast of Canada on November 15, 2006.
Also tagged in: Animals, Business, Criminal justice, Environmental protection, Fines (Penalties), Food, Horses, Meat packing industry, Natural resources, Public lands, Wild animal trade, Wildlife conservation
Latest Action: 04/26/2007 - Rule H. Res. 331 passed House. Bill TextTo restore the prohibition on the commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros. 4/26/2007--Passed House without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to: (1) prohibit the sale or transfer of any free-roaming horse or burro or its remains on U.S. public lands for consideration for processing into commercial products; and (2) repeal provisions permitting the sale of certain excess animals or their remains and excluding from criminal fine or imprisonment a person who processes or permits the processing of such animals' remains.
Also tagged in: Animals, Canada, Fisheries, Fishery management, Fishing, Foreign policy, Great Lakes, International affairs, International agencies, Law, Licenses, Marine resources, Migratory bird conservation, Research, Science policy, Sports, Treaties, Water resources
Latest Action: 02/07/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans. Bill TextTo enable the Great Lakes Fishery Commission to investigate effects of migratory birds on sustained productivity of stocks of fish of common concern in the Great Lakes. 1/12/2007--Introduced. Great Lakes Migratory Bird Research and Management Act - Amends the Great Lakes Fishery Act of 1956 to authorize the Great Lakes Fishery Commission to carry out activities relating to the investigation of migratory bird depredation on commercial and sport fisheries in the Great Lakes. Amends the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to issue permits to cooperating state, Provincial, Tribal, First Nation, and U.S. and Canadian federal agencies with migratory bird management authority, and signatory to a Memorandum of Understanding with the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, to manage and take migratory birds, for the purpose of control of depredation by such birds on commercial and sport fisheries in the Great Lakes.
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Latest Action: 02/06/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Bill TextA bill to designate certain public land as wilderness and certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers in the State of California, to designate Salmon Restoration Areas, to establish the Sacramento River National Recreation Area and Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, and for other purposes. 2/6/2007--Introduced. California Wild Heritage Act of 2007 - Designates specified national forest and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) public land in California as wilderness and components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (System). Requires such areas to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior or Agriculture, whichever has current administrative jurisdiction over each area. Designates specified California public land as: (1) salmon restoration areas; (2) wilderness study areas; and (3) a potential wilderness area. Releases any parts of a specified wilderness study area from further study for designation as wilderness. Designates specified California [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 07/30/2007 - DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 427. Bill TextUrging the Government of Canada to end the commercial seal hunt. 7/30/2007--Passed House without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Urges the Government of Canada to end the commercial hunt on seals.
Also tagged in: Animals, Elk, Government contractors, Hunting, National parks, Natural resources, North Dakota, Public contracts, Public lands, Social services, Sports, Volunteer workers
Latest Action: 02/26/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2232-2233) Bill TextA bill to clarify the authority of the Secretary of the Interior with respect to the management of the elk population located in the Theodore Roosevelt National Park. 2/26/2007--Introduced. Elk Population Management Act of 2007 - Declares that nothing in section 4 of the Act of March 2, 1929, (relating to prohibited acts of killing, wounding, or capturing wild birds and animals and fish in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado) or any other provision of law, prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from permitting an authorized individual to use lethal means to reduce the population of elk located within Theodore Roosevelt National Park, in accordance with the elk management plan for such Park (as defined in this Act). Instructs the Secretary to consult with the appropriate agency of the State of North Dakota to determine the level of participation of such agency in carrying out this Act. Prohibits the Secretary from permitting an individual to take any elk [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 11/08/2007 - Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S14234) Bill TextTo protect, conserve, and restore native fish, wildlife, and their natural habitats at national wildlife refuges through cooperative, incentive-based grants to control, mitigate, and eradicate harmful nonnative species, and for other purposes. 10/22/2007--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Refugee Ecology Protection, Assistance, and Immediate Response Act - (Sec. 4) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide under the Refuge Ecology Protection, Assistance, and Immediate Response Grant Program or the REPAIR Program (established by this Act): (1) a grant to any eligible applicant to carry out a qualified control project to control harmful nonnative species; and (2) a grant to any state to carry out an assessment project to identify harmful nonnative species, assess the needs to restore, manage, or enhance native fish, wildlife and habitats, identify priorities, and identify mechanisms to increase capacity building for native fish,[...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/20/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. Bill TextTo designate certain public land as wilderness and certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers in the State of California, to designate Salmon Restoration Areas, to establish the Sacramento River National Recreation Area and Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, and for other purposes. 2/6/2007--Introduced. California Wild Heritage Act of 2007 - Designates specified national forest and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) public land in California as wilderness and components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (System). Requires such areas to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior or Agriculture, whichever has current administrative jurisdiction over each area. Designates specified California public land as: (1) salmon restoration areas; (2) wilderness study areas; and (3) a potential wilderness area. Releases any parts of a specified wilderness study area from further study for designation as wilderness. Designates specified California national [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 03/19/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Bill TextA bill to clarify the authority of the Secretary of the Interior with regard to management of elk in Rocky Mountain National Park. 3/19/2007--Introduced. Declares that nothing in section 4 of the Act of March 2, 1929, (relating to prohibited acts of killing, wounding, or capturing wild birds and animals and fish in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado) or any other applicable law prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from using the services of qualified individuals, as volunteers or pursuant to a contract with the Secretary, to assist in carrying out the Elk and Vegetation Management Plan for the Park by using lethal means to reduce the population of elk within the Park. Instructs the Secretary to consult with the Colorado Division of Wildlife regarding potential participation by it in carrying out such Plan. Prohibits anything in this Act from applying to a taking of wildlife (within the meaning of "take" under the Endangered Species Act of 1973) within [...] show full description
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Also tagged in: Alaska, Animals, Budgets, Business, Environmental protection, Environmental research, Federal aid to Indians, Federal-Indian relations, Handicraft, Humanities, Hunting, Indians, Indigenous peoples, Marine mammals, Marine resources, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Natural resources, Science policy, Sports, Wild animal trade, Wildlife conservation
Latest Action: 02/19/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans. Bill TextTo amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to authorize appropriations for marine mammal cooperative management agreements in Alaska, and for other purposes. 2/13/2008--Introduced. Marine Mammal Cooperative Agreements in Alaska Amendments Act of 2008 - Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to authorize the Secretary of the department in which the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is operating to enter into cooperative agreements with Alaska Native organizations to conserve and manage (currently, to conserve) any stock of marine mammals. Sets forth allowed contents of agreements and required aspects of harvest management plans. Makes it unlawful for any Alaska Native within the geographic area to which a harvest management plan applies to take, transport, sell, or possess a marine mammal in violation of the provisions of that plan. Modifies the uses of related grants to Alaska Native organizations, including allowing: (1) [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/25/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture. Bill TextTo prohibit the manufacture, processing, possession, or distribution in commerce of the poison sodium fluoroacetate (known as "Compound 1080"), to provide for the collection and destruction of remaining stocks of Compound 1080, to compensate persons who turn in Compound 1080 to the Secretary of Agriculture for destruction, to prohibit the use of certain predator control devices by the federal government, and for other purposes. 12/18/2007--Introduced. Compound 1080 and M-44 Elimination Act - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit the manufacture, processing, possession, or distribution in commerce of sodium fluoroacetate (known as Compound 1080 or sodium monofluoroacetate). Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) conduct an inventory to identify stocks of Compound 1080 under federal control; (2) provide for the collection and destruction of all remaining stocks of Compound 1080 and the compensation of persons (other than federal entities) who transfer [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 06/24/2008 - Subcommittee Hearings Held. Bill TextTo authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide international wildlife management and conservation programs through the Wildlife Without Borders Program in the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and for other purposes. 12/11/2007--Introduced. Wildlife Without Borders Authorization Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a Wildlife Without Borders Program within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to provide international wildlife conservation assistance through the initiation, facilitation, and promotion of locally adapted wildlife management and conservation programs in coordination with non-governmental organizations, governments, private businesses, and community leaders. Specifies the species, regional, and global program components that shall be included in the Wildlife Without Borders Program. Permits the Secretary, in the administration of the Wildlife Without Borders Program, to accept donated funds and to use them for capacity building,[...] show full description
Also tagged in: Animal diseases, Animals, Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Budgets, Data banks, Deer, Elk, Environmental protection, Epidemiology, Federal aid to research, Government information, Government paperwork, Health surveys, Medical care, Medical laboratories, Medical research, Medical statistics, Medicine, Natural resources, Research grants, Science policy, Technology, Veterinary medicine, Wildlife conservation
Latest Action: 04/25/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. Bill TextTo support further research by State departments of wildlife and agriculture, colleges and universities, and related research entities regarding the causes of chronic wasting disease and methods to control the further spread of the disease in deer and elk herds, to monitor the incidence of the disease, to support additional State efforts to control the disease, and for other purposes. 10/16/2007--Introduced. Chronic Wasting Disease Support for States Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish an official national database on chronic wasting disease for the surveillance and monitoring of data regarding chronic wasting disease in wild and captive cervid (member of the deer family) populations and other wildlife. Requires such Secretary to: (1) develop a national surveillance and monitoring program to identify the rate of chronic wasting disease infection in deer and elk wild herds; (2) allocate funds for the development and implementation of management strategies [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 09/27/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans. Bill TextTo amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to establish additional prohibitions on shooting wildlife from aircraft, and for other purposes. 9/25/2007--Introduced. Protect America's Wildlife Act of 2007 - Amends the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to add to airborne hunting offenses a prohibition against any person shooting or attempting to shoot any bird, fish, or other animal before 3:00 a.m. following a day on which the person has traveled by aircraft other than on a regularly scheduled commercial aircraft. Increases the fine for such offenses to not more than $50,000 (currently, $5,000).Prohibits a state from authorizing or undertaking any action otherwise prohibited under such Act for the purpose of increasing any game population or sport hunting. Authorizes a state to shoot predators from an aircraft to prevent a biological emergency, if: (1) the head of the state's fish and wildlife agency determines that such an emergency is imminent and there is no other [...] show full description
Latest Action: 09/24/2007 - DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 634. Bill TextEncouraging participation in hunting and fishing, and supporting the goals and ideals of National Hunting and Fishing Day and the efforts of hunters and fishermen toward the scientific management of wildlife and conservation of the natural environment. 9/24/2007--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Declares that there should be a day known as National Hunting and Fishing Day and that the President should issue a proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe such a day. Encourages participation in hunting and fishing. Commends the contributions of hunters and fishermen toward the scientific management of wildlife and conservation of the natural environment.
Also tagged in: Animal pests, Animals, Authorization, Budgets, Chesapeake Bay, Department of the Interior, Ecological research, Environmental education, Environmental protection, Estuaries, Executive departments, Federal aid to water resources development, Louisiana, Marine resources, Maryland, Natural resources, Pest control, Pests, Restoration ecology, Science policy, Water resources, Wetlands
Latest Action: 07/31/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans. Bill TextTo reauthorize the Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2003. 7/24/2007--Introduced. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2003 for FY2009-FY2013.
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Latest Action: 06/25/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans. Bill TextExpressing the sense of the Congress that hunting seasons for migratory ducks and geese should be modified so that individuals have a fair and equitable opportunity to harvest such birds. 6/22/2007--Introduced. Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 should be modified to allow for duck and goose hunting during the last week of August in areas north of 49 degrees north latitude, as approved by the parties to the appropriate international agreement; and (2) such an extended hunting season will improve hunting opportunities in Alaska without causing negative impacts on waterfowl populations, will generate additional revenue that may be used for the management and conservation of wildlife species in Alaska, and will continue to provide for the conservation and enhancement of waterfowl populations; and (3) the United States should take immediate steps to begin discussions with the appropriate parties to ensure that all Americans have an [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 06/07/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7366-7367) Bill TextA bill to amend the Coastal Zone Management Act. 6/7/2007--Introduced. Coastal Zone Enhancement Reauthorization Act of 2007 - Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to declare that it is the national policy to: (1) create and use a National Estuarine Research Reserve System; and (2) encourage innovative coastal management practices and coastal and estuarine environmental technologies to improve long-term conservation. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to make grants to coastal states for development of coastal zone management programs. Allows the use of state coastal zone management program grants to develop and implement coastal nonpoint pollution control program components. Revises the eligible uses of resource management improvement grants and resource management improvement grant requirements. Revises requirements for the Coastal Zone Management Fund. Requires state loan repayments to the Fund to be made available to make grants to states [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 07/30/2007 - DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 427. Bill TextUrging the Government of Canada to end the commercial seal hunt. 7/30/2007--Passed House without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Urges the Government of Canada to end the commercial hunt on seals.
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