HR 7398 United States House · 117th Congress

Prohibit Wildlife Killing Contests Act of 2022

Summary

Prohibit Wildlife Killing Contests Act of 2022 This bill makes it unlawful for any persons, except as provided below, to organize, sponsor, conduct, or participate in wildlife killing contests on public lands. This bill shall not apply to field trials, wildlife killing contests that exclusively target ungulates (e.g., deer) or birds of the orders Galliformes (e.g., turkeys) or Anatidae (e.g., ducks), or lethal control actions by state or federal agencies that target wildlife classified as invasive by the National Invasive Species Information Center.

Issues: ✓ Environment

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2022

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Introduced Apr 5, 2022 Last action Jun 16, 2022

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Committee

Jun 16, 2022

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

lower

Apr 18, 2022

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.

lower

Apr 6, 2022

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.

lower

Apr 5, 2022

Committee

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.

lower

Apr 5, 2022

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 26 co-sponsors