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H.R. 7398

Prohibit Wildlife Killing Contests Act of 2022

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.

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9](D-TN)Sponsor
26 cosponsors26 D
26cosponsors2committees7actions3subjects
  1. Committee

    Subcommittee Hearings Held.

    Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee
  2. Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.

    Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee
  3. Committee

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

    Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee
  4. IntroReferralH11100

    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.

    Agriculture Committee
  5. IntroReferralH11100

    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.

    Natural Resources Committee
  6. IntroReferralIntro-H

    Introduced in House

  7. IntroReferral1000

    Introduced in House

Prohibit Wildlife Killing Contests Act of 2022 — Informed