# 117-hr-4951: Canyon’s Law

117-hr-4951, Canyon’s Law, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (D-OR); status Subcommittee Hearings Held. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-4951
- Congress: 117
- Title: Canyon’s Law
- Status: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Introduced: 2021-08-06
- Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (D-OR)
- Cosponsors: 23
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Canyon's Law This bill prohibits the preparing, placing, installing, setting, deploying, or otherwise using an M-44 device on public land. An M-44 device is defined as a device designed to propel sodium cyanide when triggered by an animal, including any device that may be commonly known as an M-44 ejector device or an M-44 predator control device. No later than 30 days after the enactment of this bill, any federal, state, or county agency that has prepared, placed, installed, set, or deployed an M-44 device on public land shall remove each such device from such land.

## Cosponsors (23)

- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2021-08-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] (D-WA), 2021-08-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2021-09-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR), 2021-09-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2] (D-PA), 2021-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4] (D-CT), 2021-10-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2021-11-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4] (D-NY), 2021-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Levin, Andy [D-MI-9] (D-MI), 2022-01-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] (D-CO), 2022-01-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bowman, Jamaal [D-NY-16] (D-NY), 2022-03-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2022-03-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2022-03-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7] (D-FL), 2022-03-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA), 2022-04-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] (D-VA), 2022-07-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2022-07-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2022-07-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] (D-PA), 2022-07-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2022-07-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2022-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2022-07-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2022-07-26T00:00:00.000Z

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- 117-hr-4: John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021
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- 117-hr-3488: John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act

## Sources
- [117-hr-4951 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4951)

## Related
- [117-hr-1842: Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-1842)
- [117-hr-6015: Benjamin Berell Ferencz Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-6015)
- [117-hr-5577: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3900 C…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-5577)
- [117-hr-4: John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-4)
- [117-hr-3755: Women’s Health Protection Act of 2021](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-3755)
- [117-hr-3488: John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-3488)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-4951 (as of 2025-11-18).