# 117-hr-7398: Prohibit Wildlife Killing Contests Act of 2022

117-hr-7398, Prohibit Wildlife Killing Contests Act of 2022, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN); status Subcommittee Hearings Held. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-7398
- Congress: 117
- Title: Prohibit Wildlife Killing Contests Act of 2022
- Status: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Introduced: 2022-04-05
- Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN)
- Cosponsors: 26
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Prohibit Wildlife Killing Contests Act of 2022 This bill makes it unlawful for any persons, except as provided below, to organize, sponsor, conduct, or participate in wildlife killing contests on public lands. This bill shall not apply to field trials, wildlife killing contests that exclusively target ungulates (e.g., deer) or birds of the orders Galliformes (e.g., turkeys) or Anatidae (e.g., ducks), or lethal control actions by state or federal agencies that target wildlife classified as invasive by the National Invasive Species Information Center.

## Cosponsors (26)

- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2022-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bush, Cori [D-MO-1] (D-MO), 2022-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] (D-VA), 2022-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5] (D-TN), 2022-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY), 2022-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2022-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2022-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51] (D-CA), 2022-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Levin, Andy [D-MI-9] (D-MI), 2022-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2022-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2022-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2022-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA), 2022-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2022-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2022-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37] (D-TX), 2022-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2022-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2022-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2022-06-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] (D-CO), 2022-06-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] (D-MN), 2022-06-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2022-06-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2022-07-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2022-08-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2022-08-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Newman, Marie [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2022-09-20T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [117-hr-7398 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7398)

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- [117-hr-6005: Access to Birth Control Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-6005)
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