HR4068-118

Introduced

To prohibit the use of M–44 devices, commonly known as cyanide bombs, on public land, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Jun 13, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To prohibit the use of M–44 devices, commonly known as cyanide bombs, on public land, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Energy, Agriculture.

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 HDBCB59EC77E24B63AF30C2B79FB39F88: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as Canyon’s Law.
  • Section H7552E2E5592342F48680304FCB38B6E2: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: Sodium cyanide is the highly toxic pesticide active ingredient used in M–44 devices, also known as cyanide bombs, and...
  • Section H898B177DB3D343DEB5CC0FB1ED798A68: 3. Use of M–44 devices on public land prohibited Preparing, placing, installing, setting, deploying, or otherwise using an M–44 device on public land is...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To prohibit the use of M–44 devices, commonly known as cyanide bombs, on public land, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Energy, Agriculture

Primary Purpose

This bill, To prohibit the use of M–44 devices, commonly known as cyanide bombs, on public land, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Energy Agriculture

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
Jun 13, 2023

Mr. Huffman (for himself, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Titus, Ms. DelBene, …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Energy Agriculture
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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