Prohibit Wildlife Killing Contests Act of 2022

United States117th CongressHR-7398House of Representatives
Updated: Jun 16, 2022

Summary

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.

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  1. 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.

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

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  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.

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  4. Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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