,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dgaf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bg1 #bjba,mr4 
,nadler 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1 
,mr4 ,kilmer1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4         
,connolly1 ,mr4 ,casten1 ,mr4           
,espaillat1 ,mr4 ,schiff1 ,ms4 ,eshoo1  
,mr4 ,peters1 ,mr4 ,khanna1 ,ms4        
,velzquez1 ,mr4 ,swalwell1 ,ms4         
,wasserman ,schultz1 ,ms4 ,lee of       
,california1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,pocan1 
,ms4 ,brownley1 ,ms4 ,dean1 ,mr4        
,krishnamoorthi1 ,mr4 ,lowenthal1 ,mr4  
,price of ,north ,carolina1 ,mr4 ,smith 
of ,washington1 ,mr4 ,de,fazio1 ,mrs4   
,carolyn ,b4 ,maloney of ,new ,york1    
,ms4 ,schakowsky1 and ,mr4 ,sean        
,patrick ,maloney of ,new ,york7        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,natural 
,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to end the use  
of body-gripping traps in the ,national 
,wildlife ,refuge ,system1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,refuge ,from ,cruel

 ,trapping ,act of #bjba4  #b4          
,possession or use of body-gripping trap
 prohibited ,the ,national ,wildlife    
,refuge ,system ,administration ,act of 
#aiff 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #ffh;dd et seq47 is
 amended by adding at the end the       
following3  #f4 ,possession or use of   
body-gripping trap prohibited  7a7 ,in  
general ,except as provided in          
subsection 7b71 no person may possess or
 use a body-gripping trap in the        
,system4  7b7 ,exceptions  7#a7 ,in     
general ,subsection 7a7 shall not apply 
to the use of a body-gripping trap--    
7,a7 by an agency of the ,federal       
,government2  7,b7 to-- 7i7 control an  
invasive species 7as such term is       
defined in section #aj7;a7 of the ,fish 
and ,wildlife ,coordination ,act7 to    
achieve resource management objectives2 
or  7ii7 protect a species that-- 7,i7  
is listed as endangered or threatened   
under the ,endangered ,species ,act of  
#aigc2 or  7,,ii7 the ,secretary of the 
,interior has designated as a sensitive 

species2 and  7,c7 if-- 7i7 such use is 
in accordance with ,federal and ,state  
law2 and  7ii7 all viable nonlethal     
methods for achieving a goal described  
in paragraph 7#a7 have been attempted   
and such documentation is maintained at 
the headquarters of the department that 
carried out such attempt4  7#b7         
,training ,subsection 7a7 does not apply
 to training in the dismantling of      
body-gripping traps4  7c7 ,enforcement  
provisions ,notwithstanding section     
#d7;f71 a person who possesses or uses a
 body-gripping trap in the ,system shall
 be subject to the following3 7#a7 ,in  
the case of a first offense1 a civil    
fine of not more than #ejj imposed by   
the ,secretary for each body-gripping   
trap possessed or used4  7#b7 ,in the   
case of a subsequent offense-- 7,a7 a   
civil fine of not more than #a1jjj      
imposed by the ,secretary for each      
body-gripping trap possessed or used2   
7,b7 imprisonment for not more than #ahj
 days2 or  7,c7 both a civil fine and   

imprisonment in accordance with         
subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b74  7d7       
,forfeiture of body-,gripping trap ,any 
body-gripping trap that is possessed or 
used in violation of this section1 and  
any wildlife captured by the use of such
 trap1 including the pelt or raw fur of 
such wildlife1 shall be subject to      
forfeiture to the ,united ,states in    
accordance with the provisions of       
chapter #df of title #ah1 ,united       
,states ,code1 relating to civil        
forfeitures4  7e7 ,payment of court     
costs and other associated expenses ,a  
person found to be in violation of      
subsection 7a7 shall pay all associated 
court costs4  7f7 ,regulations ,not     
later than #abj days after the date of  
the enactment of this section1 the      
,secretary shall issue any regulations  
necessary to carry out this section4    
7g7 ,definitions  7#a7 ,body-,gripping  
trap ,in this section1 the term         
body-gripping trap-- 7,a7 except as     
provided in paragraph 7#c71 means any   

device that is intended to kill or      
capture wildlife by physically          
restraining any part of the animal2     
7,b7 includes any-- 7i7 steel-jaw1      
padded1 or other modified leghold trap2 
7ii7 kill-type trap2  7iii7 snare trap2 
or  7iv7 modified version of any such   
trap2 and  7,c7 does not include any--  
7i7 cage or box trap2 or  7ii7          
suitcase-type live beaver trap4  7#b7   
,nonlethal methods ,the term nonlethal  
methods-- 7,a7 includes exclusions1     
barriers1 harassment and scaring        
devices1 and any other method that does 
not result in the death of target or    
non-target species1 except  7,b7 does   
not include the use of a body-gripping  
trap4  4