# 114-hr-5560: Public Safety and Wildlife Protection Act

114-hr-5560, Public Safety and Wildlife Protection Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] (D-NC); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-5560
- Congress: 114
- Title: Public Safety and Wildlife Protection Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- Introduced: 2016-06-22
- Sponsor: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] (D-NC)
- Cosponsors: 25
- Policy area: Animals
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Public Safety and Wildlife Protection Act This bill prohibits importing, exporting, delivering, carrying, transporting, selling, receiving, acquiring, or purchasing steel-jaw leghold traps or Conibear traps. Steel-jaw leghold traps are certain spring-powered pan or sear-activated devices with steel jaws that are designed to snap closed on animals. Conibear traps consist of metal frames hinged at the center point and powered by two torsion springs that create a scissor-like action designed to kill animals by snapping their spinal columns. Both types of traps exclude cage or box traps, suitcase-type live beaver traps, or mouse or rat snap traps. The bill establishes penalties for violating the prohibition on the traps. The Department of the Interior must pay rewards for information that leads to a conviction of a violation of this bill, unless the information was provided by officers or employees of federal, state, or local governments while they were performing official duties.

## Cosponsors (25)

- CORRINE BROWN (D-FL), 2016-07-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9] (D-MA), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] (D-NC), 2016-09-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2016-09-06T00:00:00.000Z
- NITA LOWEY (D-NY), 2016-06-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2016-07-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2016-07-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2016-07-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2016-07-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] (D-CA), 2016-07-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2016-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
- CHARLES RANGEL (D-NY), 2016-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2016-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2016-09-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA), 2016-09-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2016-09-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA), 2016-09-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9] (D-CA), 2016-09-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL), 2016-09-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2016-09-21T00:00:00.000Z
- SUSAN DAVIS (D-CA), 2016-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] (D-OH), 2016-11-16T00:00:00.000Z
- LOIS CAPPS (D-CA), 2016-11-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), 2016-11-16T00:00:00.000Z
- SAM FARR (D-CA), 2016-09-06T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-5560 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5560)

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