To amend the African Elephant Conservation Act and Asian Elephant Conservation Act to ban keeping elephants in captivity at zoological parks.
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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
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMs. Malliotakis introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
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