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| bill_id | congress | bill_type | bill_number | title | policy_area | introduced_date ▲ | latest_action_date | latest_action_text | origin_chamber | sponsor_name | sponsor_state | sponsor_party | sponsor_bioguide_id | cosponsor_count | summary_text | update_date | url |
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| 117-s-4740 | 117 | s | 4740 | SWIMS Act of 2022 | Animals | 2022-08-02 | 2022-08-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3864) | Senate | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | CA | D | F000062 | 6 | Strengthening Welfare in Marine Settings Act of 2022 or as the SWIMS Act of 2022 This bill establishes prohibitions on capturing, importing, exporting, or breeding of orcas, beluga whales, false killer whales, or pilot whales for the purpose of public display. Specifically, the bill prohibits the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from issuing any permit under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 that authorizes the taking (e.g., capturing) or importation of such orcas or whales for the purpose of public display. The bill further revises the act to make it unlawful to export such orcas or whales, unless they are being transported to marine mammal sanctuaries or for release into the wild. Further, the bill makes it unlawful under the Animal Welfare Act for any person to breed or artificially inseminate such marine mammals for purposes of using their progeny for public display. | 2022-12-29T19:03:36Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4740 |
| 117-s-4432 | 117 | s | 4432 | Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance Act of 2022 | Animals | 2022-06-16 | 2022-06-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] | MA | D | M000133 | 5 | Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance Act of 2022 This bill establishes the Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance Grant Program. | 2023-08-25T22:47:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4432 |
| 117-s-4187 | 117 | s | 4187 | Migratory Birds of the Americas Conservation Enhancements Act of 2022 | Animals | 2022-05-11 | 2022-05-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] | MD | D | C000141 | 1 | Migratory Birds of the Americas Conservation Enhancements Act of 2022 This bill reauthorizes through FY2027 and otherwise modifies a grant program that supports conservation projects for neotropical migratory birds. Modifications include (1) increasing the maximum federal share of project costs from 25% to 33.3%, and (2) requiring the Department of the Interior to establish criteria for awarding the grants. | 2023-08-22T14:30:30Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4187 |
| 117-s-4111 | 117 | s | 4111 | Chronic Wasting Disease Research and Management Act of 2022 | Animals | 2022-04-28 | 2022-04-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] | ND | R | H001061 | 23 | Chronic Wasting Disease Research and Management Act of 2022 This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to address chronic wasting disease afflicting deer, elk, and moose populations. Specifically, the bill directs USDA to establish a program to research and manage the disease. Under the program, USDA must offer to enter into agreements with state or tribal wildlife agencies and departments of agriculture, institutions of higher education, and research centers to support research on the transmission of, resistance to, and diagnosis of the disease. In addition, USDA must offer to enter into agreements with such agencies and departments to support state and tribal efforts to develop and implement management strategies that address the disease. USDA must also develop and maintain materials to inform the public on chronic wasting disease and techniques to help prevent the spread of the disease. In addition, USDA must solicit public feedback on potential updates and improvements to standards of the chronic wasting disease herd certification program. | 2023-08-22T14:30:29Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4111 |
| 117-s-4005 | 117 | s | 4005 | Protecting Horses from Soring Act of 2022 | Animals | 2022-04-05 | 2022-04-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN] | TN | R | H000601 | 3 | Protecting Horses from Soring Act of 2022 This bill revises requirements concerning the inspection of horse shows, exhibitions, sales, and actions for sored horses (e.g., horses suffering from pain when moving due to substances or devices placed on their limbs). Specifically, this bill replaces a requirement for the Department of Agriculture to prescribe regulations governing the appointment of inspectors with a requirement for the Horse Industry Organization, which is established by this bill, to appoint inspectors. | 2022-12-29T23:48:38Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4005 |
| 117-s-3765 | 117 | s | 3765 | SAFE SEAS Act of 2022 | Animals | 2022-03-07 | 2022-03-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] | NH | D | S001181 | 2 | Stewarding Atlantic Fisheries Ecosystems by Supporting Economic Assistance and Sustainability Act of 2022 or the SAFE SEAS Act of 2022 This bill establishes grants for states to assist lobster and Jonah crab harvesters with the costs of gear modifications in accordance with the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan. | 2023-08-15T17:00:31Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3765 |
| 117-s-3738 | 117 | s | 3738 | A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue final rules relating to listing the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes and Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. | Animals | 2022-03-02 | 2022-03-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] | WI | R | J000293 | 3 | This bill addresses the removal of federal protections for the gray wolf (Canis lupus). Specifically, the Department of the Interior must reinstate a rule that removed the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes region from the endangered and threatened species list. The bill exempts the reinstated rule from judicial review. In addition, it exempts from judicial review a reinstated rule that removes the gray wolf in Wyoming from the list. | 2022-12-29T22:18:20Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3738 |
| 117-s-3664 | 117 | s | 3664 | Right Whale Coexistence Act of 2022 | Animals | 2022-02-16 | 2022-12-12 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 628. | Senate | Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | B001288 | 6 | Right Whale Coexistence Act of 2022 This bill provides support for the conservation of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis). Specifically, it requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide financial assistance for certain projects designed to reduce the lethal and sub-lethal effects of human activities on North Atlantic right whales. In addition, NOAA must conduct surveys of plankton on an ongoing basis using a continuous plankton recorder. | 2023-02-02T05:15:31Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3664 |
| 117-s-3613 | 117 | s | 3613 | Chimp Sanctuary Act | Animals | 2022-02-09 | 2022-02-09 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] | LA | R | K000393 | 4 | Chimp Sanctuary Act This bill prohibits the housing of chimpanzees at any Air Force installation. Any chimpanzees currently housed at an Air Force installation must be transferred to Chimp Haven in Louisiana. | 2023-08-08T17:00:31Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3613 |
| 117-s-3472 | 117 | s | 3472 | Bear Poaching Elimination Act of 2022 | Animals | 2022-01-11 | 2022-01-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] | LA | R | K000393 | 5 | Bear Poaching Elimination Act of 2022 This bill makes it unlawful for a person to knowingly import, export, sell, purchase, possess, transport, deliver, or receive bear viscera or related products except for limited acts carried out solely to enforce wildlife protection laws. | 2022-12-30T04:04:48Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3472 |
| 117-s-3220 | 117 | s | 3220 | Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act of 2021 | Animals | 2021-11-17 | 2021-11-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] | NJ | D | M000639 | 1 | Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act of 2021 This bill prohibits the use of exotic or wild animals in performances of a traveling animal act, such as a circus, carnival, or parade. The prohibition does not apply to zoos, aquariums, research facilities, wildlife sanctuaries, and other entities. The prohibition also does not apply to domestic animals or farm animals. | 2023-03-08T20:26:17Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3220 |
| 117-s-2577 | 117 | s | 2577 | A bill to amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to clarify the treatment of authentic Alaska Native articles of handicraft containing nonedible migratory bird parts, and for other purposes. | Animals | 2021-07-30 | 2021-07-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] | AK | R | S001198 | 1 | This bill states that nothing in the Migratory Bird Treaty Act prohibits possessing, selling, bartering, purchasing, shipping, or transporting any authentic Alaska Native handicraft, clothing, or art on the basis that it contains a nonedible migratory bird part, so long as the bird was not taken in a wasteful manner. | 2023-03-08T20:12:35Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2577 |
| 117-s-2295 | 117 | s | 2295 | PAST Act of 2021 | Animals | 2021-06-24 | 2021-06-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] | ID | R | C000880 | 52 | Prevent All Soring Tactics Act of 2021 or the PAST Act of 2021 This bill addresses the practice of soring horses. The soring of horses includes various actions taken on horses' limbs to produce higher gaits that may cause pain, distress, inflammation, or lameness. Specifically, the bill expands soring regulation and enforcement at horse shows, exhibitions, sales, and auctions, including by establishing a new system for inspecting horses for soring. In addition, the bill increases penalties for violations. | 2022-12-31T05:25:52Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2295 |
| 117-s-2154 | 117 | s | 2154 | A bill to amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to extend the Federal framework closing date for the hunting of ducks, mergansers, and coots, and for other purposes. | Animals | 2021-06-21 | 2021-06-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] | LA | R | K000393 | 0 | This bill allows the Department of the Interior to extend the hunting season for ducks, mergansers, and coots. Currently, the hunting season must end no later than January 31 each year. This bill allows the hunting season to end no later than March 10. | 2022-12-31T05:26:45Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2154 |
| 117-s-1588 | 117 | s | 1588 | Captive Primate Safety Act | Animals | 2021-05-12 | 2021-05-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] | CT | D | B001277 | 13 | Captive Primate Safety Act This bill limits the trade and possession of nonhuman primates. For example, the bill prohibits most individuals from owning a nonhuman primate as a pet. | 2023-03-08T20:12:35Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1588 |
| 117-s-1484 | 117 | s | 1484 | Forage Fish Conservation Act of 2021 | Animals | 2021-04-29 | 2021-04-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] | CT | D | B001277 | 1 | Forage Fish Conservation Act of 2021 This bill addresses the management and conservation of forage fish. The Department of Commerce must issue a definition for the term forage fish. It must consider certain factors in defining such term, including whether a species covered by the definition (1) is at a low trophic level; (2) is generally small to intermediate-sized; (3) occurs in schools or other dense aggregations; (4) contributes significantly to the diets of other fish, marine mammals, or birds; and (5) serves as a conduit for energy transfer to species at a higher trophic level. Commerce must also establish guidelines to assist regional fishery management councils in (1) developing a list of unmanaged forage fish areas and prohibiting the development of any new forage fish fisheries until the potential impacts of such fisheries have been assessed; and (2)setting annual catch limits for forage fish fisheries that assess, specify, and reduce such limits by the diet needs of other fish species and marine wildlife. The bill adds shad (American shad and hickory shad)and river herring (blueback herring and alewife)to the list of managed stocks for the New England and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council. | 2023-01-11T13:49:04Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1484 |
| 117-s-1372 | 117 | s | 1372 | Sustainable Shark Fisheries and Trade Act of 2021 | Animals | 2021-04-27 | 2021-04-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] | FL | R | R000595 | 4 | Sustainable Shark Fisheries and Trade Act of 2021 This bill addresses the conservation and management of sharks. The bill prohibits the importation into the United States of shark products from a nation that does not have measures to provide for the conservation and management of sharks and measures to prohibit shark finning (the removal of a shark's fins, including the tail, and discarding the remainder of the shark at sea) that are comparable to those of the United States. The bill includes exceptions to this prohibition for law enforcement, subsistence purposes, education, conservation, or scientific research. The Department of Commerce must certify nations with protections for sharks that are comparable to those of the United States. Commerce must revise its regulations to include rays and skates as species that are subject to the Seafood Import Monitoring Program. (The Seafood Import Monitoring Program has data reporting and recordkeeping requirements for imported fish or fish products entering U.S. commerce.) | 2023-01-11T13:49:10Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1372 |
| 117-s-1378 | 117 | s | 1378 | Animal Freedom from Testing, Experiments, and Research Act of 2021 | Animals | 2021-04-27 | 2021-04-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2227) | Senate | Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] | ME | R | C001035 | 18 | Animal Freedom from Testing, Experiments, and Research Act of 2021 or the AFTER Act of 2021 This bill requires departments, agencies, or instrumentalities that operate federal research facilities or exhibit animals to promulgate regulations that facilitate and encourage the adoption of certain animals that are suitable for retirement. | 2023-03-08T20:12:44Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1378 |
| 117-s-1385 | 117 | s | 1385 | Puppy Protection Act of 2021 | Animals | 2021-04-27 | 2021-04-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S2227-2228) | Senate | Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000563 | 42 | Puppy Protection Act of 2021 This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to expand standards that govern the humane handling, care, treatment, and transportation of animals to include new requirements for commercial dog dealers. Specifically, the standards must require dog dealers to provide to dogs adequate housing, exercise, and veterinary care; appropriate and nutritious food; continuous access to potable water; and meaningful socialization with humans and compatible dogs for at least 30 minutes each day. The standards must also include requirements for breeders to use safe breeding practices and make all reasonable efforts to find humane placement for retired breeding dogs. | 2023-01-11T13:49:09Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1385 |
| 117-s-1289 | 117 | s | 1289 | Marine Mammal Research and Response Act of 2021 | Animals | 2021-04-21 | 2022-02-15 | By Senator Cantwell from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 117-77. | Senate | Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] | WA | D | C000127 | 4 | Marine Mammal Research and Response Act of 2021 This bill provides support for efforts to protect marine mammals. Specifically, the bill reauthorizes through FY2026 and generally revises the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program, including by renaming the program as the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Response Grant Program. The bill also establishes the Joseph R. Geraci Marine Mammal Rescue and Rapid Response Fund for providing emergency financial assistance for certain stranded or entangled marine mammals and otherwise provides support for marine mammals. | 2023-03-08T20:12:35Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1289 |
| 117-s-1210 | 117 | s | 1210 | Big Cat Public Safety Act | Animals | 2021-04-19 | 2021-04-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] | CT | D | B001277 | 48 | Big Cat Public Safety Act This bill revises requirements governing the trade of big cats (i.e., species of lion, tiger, leopard, cheetah, jaguar, or cougar or any hybrid of such species). Specifically, it revises restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats, including to restrict direct contact between the public and big cats. | 2023-01-11T13:49:18Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1210 |
| 117-s-1106 | 117 | s | 1106 | Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act of 2021 | Animals | 2021-04-13 | 2021-04-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | B001288 | 46 | Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act of 2021 This bill makes it illegal to possess, buy, sell, or transport shark fins or any product containing shark fins, except for certain dogfish fins. A person may possess a shark fin that was lawfully taken consistent with a license or permit under certain circumstances. Penalties are imposed for violations under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.The maximum civil penalty for each violation shall be $100,000, or the fair market value of the shark fins involved, whichever is greater. | 2023-01-11T13:49:22Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1106 |
| 117-s-1050 | 117 | s | 1050 | Cormorant Relief Act | Animals | 2021-03-25 | 2021-03-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] | AR | R | C001095 | 4 | Cormorant Relief Act This bill provides statutory authority for certain regulations that allow for the taking of double-crested cormorants (birds) to protect fish at aquaculture facilities and to protect public resources (e.g., fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats). | 2023-03-08T20:12:14Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1050 |
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