Refuge From Cruel Trapping Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 15
- Latest action
- Jun 24, 2025
What it does
The Refuge From Cruel Trapping Act would amend the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to prohibit the possession or use of body-gripping traps—such as steel-jaw leghold, kill-type, and snare traps—within the National Wildlife Refuge System, with specific exceptions for federal agencies managing invasive species or protecting threatened/endangered species, dismantling traps, activities in Alaska, and subsistence use by members of federally recognized Indian Tribes. Violations would incur civil fines up to $500 per trap or use (adjusted annually for inflation), up to 180 days imprisonment, or both, along with forfeiture of traps and any wildlife captured, and payment…
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