118th Congress Agriculture and Food
H.R. 4939: To authorize livestock producers and their employees to take crested caracaras in order to prevent the death of or injury or destruction to livestock, and for other purposes.
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Summary
This bill allows livestock producers and their employees to take certain actions against crested caracaras to protect livestock. (Crested caracaras are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.)
Specifically, livestock producers and their employees may (1) take (i.e., capture, kill, disperse, or transport) a crested caracara that they reasonably believe will cause death, injury, or destruction to livestock; or (2) in the course of taking or attempting to take the crested caracara, cause injury to the bird.
Livestock producers and their employees must submit an annual report to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) on crested caracaras taken under this bill. The FWS must make this reporting form available on its website.
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Currently, the FWS has a special permit process under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act for the taking of crested caracaras.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
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Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Henry Cuellar D-TXOriginal
Who scored on this bill
- 1August Pfluger SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the House by August Pfluger.
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- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.