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118th Congress Public Lands and Natural Resources

S. 1940: Canyon’s Law

Introduced

  1. Introduced (completed)Jun 13, 2023
  2. Passed Senate (not reached)
  3. Passed House (not reached)
  4. To the President (not reached)
  5. Became law (not reached)

Summary

Introduced in Senate, Jun 13, 2023

This bill prohibits the preparing, placing, installing, setting, deploying, or otherwise using an M-44 device on public land. An M-44 device is defined as a device designed to propel sodium cyanide when triggered by an animal, including any device that may be commonly known as an M-44 ejector device or an M-44 predator control device.

No later than 30 days after the enactment of this bill, any federal, state, or county agency that has prepared, placed, installed, set, or deployed an M-44 device on public land must remove each such device from such land.

Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

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Amendments

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Cosponsors

7

Bipartisan support.

Who scored on this bill

6 points earned
  1. 1Jeff Merkley D-OR SponsorIntroduced, drew cross-party cosponsors2 events+6
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History

  1. Jun 13, 2023Introduced in the Senate by Jeff Merkley.
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  1. Jun 13, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. Jun 13, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.