Combating Online Wildlife Trafficking Act of 2019

United States116th CongressHR-5398House of Representatives
Updated: Jan 2, 2020

Summary

Combating Online Wildlife Trafficking Act of 2019 This bill requires (1) the Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking to develop recommendations and establish a working group to address wildlife trafficking online and on social media, and (2) the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development to create a strategy for engaging with internet and social media companies to address wildlife trafficking on their platforms.

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  1. Introduced in House

  2. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.

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

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