Refuge From Cruel Trapping Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5217.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NADLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 136, August 15, 2023, Page H4187):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to prohibit the possession or use of body- gripping traps in the National Wildlife Refuge System, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 15, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

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  268 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5217, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5217

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 11, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0121dbb24e58f0f5cf5aa5daddfe7b5272a30c8c06930972cac6f26287ccfdce

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 11, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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