House bill · 102nd Congress · Did not become law
To end the use of steel jaw leghold traps on animals in the United States.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 7, 1991
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
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Latest action: Mar 25, 1991 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Competitiveness.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
112 cosponsors — 24 Republicans, 88 Democrats
23 of 112 cosponsors (21%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Glenn Anderson (D-CA), Thomas Andrews (D-ME), Frank Annunzio (D-IL), Les AuCoin (D-OR), Jim Bacchus (D-FL), Anthony Beilenson (D-CA), Charles Bennett (D-FL), Howard Berman (D-CA), James Bilbray (D-NV), David Bonior (D-MI), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), George Brown (D-CA), Dan Burton (R-IN), Tom Campbell (R-CA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Thomas Carper (D-DE), William Clay (D-MO), Ronald Coleman (D-TX), John Conyers (D-MI), William Dannemeyer (R-CA), Ron De Lugo (D-VI), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Ronald Dellums (D-CA), Julian Dixon (D-CA), Brian Donnelly (D-MA), Robert Dornan (R-CA), Thomas Downey (D-NY), Bernard Dwyer (D-NJ) and 82 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 102nd Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Scheuer.
- H.J.Res. 422 (102nd) Designating May 1992 as "Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month".
- H.Res. 564 (102nd) Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable Ted Weiss, a Representative from the State of…
- H.R. 585 (102nd) National Biological Diversity Conservation and Environmental Research Act
- H.R. 4537 (102nd) Coral Reef Environmental Act
- H.R. 2011 (102nd) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Authorization Act of 1991
- H.R. 2404 (102nd) Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1991
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.