Prohibits the import, export, or shipment in interstate commerce of steel jaw leghold traps and of articles of fur derived from animals trapped in such traps.
Prescribes criminal penalties for violations of this Act.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to reward nongovernment informers for information leading to a conviction under this Act. Empowers enforcement officials to detain, search, and seize suspected merchandise or documents and to make arrests with and without warrants. Subjects seized merchandise to forfeiture.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Commerce
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, International Relations, and the Judiciary, 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.
Referred to House Ways and Means
Referred to House International Relations
Referred to House Judiciary
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E568-569)
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Referred to the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection.
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