HR10049-118

Introduced

To amend the African Elephant Conservation Act and Asian Elephant Conservation Act to ban keeping elephants in captivity at zoological parks.

118th Congress Introduced Oct 25, 2024

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the African Elephant Conservation Act and Asian Elephant Conservation Act to ban keeping elephants in captivity at zoological parks., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Education, Foreign Policy.

Who Benefits and How

environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H68065C2A5F42430E948BCF1AFC06BFE2: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Captivity of Helpless Elephants Reduction Act of 2024 or the CHER Act of 2024.
  • Section H44714695836C46728A64524E19CD3F6E: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: Elephants live in a matriarchal hierarchy where a lead female leads a large herd in the wild and migrates, traveling...
  • Section H2D5762BD2F384E92AD406261556A2655: 3. Purposes The purposes of this Act are the following: To ban the display, husbandry, and breeding of African elephants in zoological parks in the United...
  • Section H6361DC2BEA4B4627B2A5D8B19CFF2276: 4. Increasing viability of species conservation through relocation Section 4223 of the African Elephant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201–4246) is amended by...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the African Elephant Conservation Act and Asian Elephant Conservation Act to ban keeping elephants in captivity at zoological parks., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Education, Foreign Policy

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend the African Elephant Conservation Act and Asian Elephant Conservation Act to ban keeping elephants in captivity at zoological parks., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Education Foreign Policy

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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environmental regulators and natural-resource users: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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federal implementing agencies: ,
environmental regulators and natural-resource users: ,

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Oct 25, 2024

Ms. Malliotakis introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Education Foreign Policy
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
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