Combating Online Wildlife Trafficking Act of 2021
USA117th CongressHR-1546| House
| Updated: 12/30/2022
Earl L. "Buddy" Carter
Republican Representative
Georgia
Cosponsors (1)
Foreign Affairs Committee, Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee, Natural Resources Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Combating Online Wildlife Trafficking Act of 2021 This bill reauthorizes through October 7, 2026, and revises the Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking. The task force must develop recommendations and establish a working group to address wildlife trafficking online and on social media. In addition, the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development must create a strategy for engaging with internet and social media companies to address wildlife trafficking on their platforms.
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Introduced in House
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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-675, Part I.
Environmental Protection
Advisory bodiesAnimal protection and human-animal relationshipsInternet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaPublic-private cooperationSmuggling and traffickingVeterinary medicine and animal diseasesWildlife conservation and habitat protection
Combating Online Wildlife Trafficking Act of 2021
USA117th CongressHR-1546| House
| Updated: 12/30/2022
Combating Online Wildlife Trafficking Act of 2021 This bill reauthorizes through October 7, 2026, and revises the Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking. The task force must develop recommendations and establish a working group to address wildlife trafficking online and on social media. In addition, the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development must create a strategy for engaging with internet and social media companies to address wildlife trafficking on their platforms.
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Introduced in House
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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-675, Part I.
Earl L. "Buddy" Carter
Republican Representative
Georgia
Cosponsors (1)
Foreign Affairs Committee, Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee, Natural Resources Committee
Environmental Protection
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Advisory bodiesAnimal protection and human-animal relationshipsInternet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaPublic-private cooperationSmuggling and traffickingVeterinary medicine and animal diseasesWildlife conservation and habitat protection