Protect America's Wildlife Act of 2007

To amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to establish additional prohibitions on shooting wildlife from aircraft, and for other purposes.

9/25/2007--Introduced.
Protect America's Wildlife Act of 2007 - Amends the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to add to airborne hunting offenses a prohibition against any person shooting or attempting to shoot any bird, fish, or other animal before 3:00 a.m. following a day on which the person has traveled by aircraft other than on a regularly scheduled commercial aircraft. Increases the fine for such offenses to not more than $50,000 (currently, $5,000).
Prohibits a state from authorizing or undertaking any action otherwise prohibited under such Act for the purpose of increasing any game population or sport hunting. Authorizes a state to shoot predators from an aircraft to prevent a biological emergency, if:
(1) the head of the state's fish and wildlife agency determines that such an emergency is imminent and there is no other means available to eliminate the emergency;
(2) the shooting is conducted by an officer or employee of such agency or of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA);
(3) the shooting occurs only in the area where the emergency exists; and
(4) the shooting removes only the minimum number of predators necessary to eliminate the emergency.
Allows the Secretary of the Interior to authorize an otherwise prohibited action to prevent the extinction of any endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 if there is no other means available to address the threat of extinction.
Authorizes citizen suits under the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956.


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Sponsor

• Rep. George Miller [D, CA-7]
• and 129 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Gary Ackerman [D, NY-5]
  • Rep. Robert Andrews [D, NJ-1]
  • Rep. Brian Baird [D, WA-3]
  • Rep. Tammy Baldwin [D, WI-2]
  • Rep. Shelley Berkley [D, NV-1]
  • Rep. Howard Berman [D, CA-28]
  • Rep. Timothy Bishop [D, NY-1]
  • Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D, OR-3]
  • Rep. Robert Brady [D, PA-1]
  • Rep. Bruce Braley [D, IA-1]
  • Rep. Corrine Brown [D, FL-3]
  • Rep. Lois Capps [D, CA-23]
  • Rep. Michael Capuano [D, MA-8]
  • Rep. Michael Castle [R, DE-0]
  • Rep. Donna Christensen [D, VI-0]
  • Rep. Yvette Clarke [D, NY-11]
  • Rep. William Clay [D, MO-1]
  • Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D, MO-5]
  • Rep. Steve Cohen [D, TN-9]
  • Rep. John Conyers [D, MI-14]
  • Rep. Elijah Cummings [D, MD-7]
  • Rep. Danny Davis [D, IL-7]
  • Rep. Susan Davis [D, CA-53]
  • Rep. Peter DeFazio [D, OR-4]
  • Rep. Diana DeGette [D, CO-1]
  • Rep. William Delahunt [D, MA-10]
  • Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D, CT-3]
  • Rep. Norman Dicks [D, WA-6]
  • Rep. John Dingell [D, MI-15]
  • Rep. Michael Doyle [D, PA-14]
  • Rep. Keith Ellison [D, MN-5]
  • Rep. Rahm Emanuel [D, IL-5]
  • Rep. Eliot Engel [D, NY-17]
  • Rep. Anna Eshoo [D, CA-14]
  • Rep. Sam Farr [D, CA-17]
  • Rep. Chaka Fattah [D, PA-2]
  • Rep. Bob Filner [D, CA-51]
  • Rep. Barney Frank [D, MA-4]
  • Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R, NJ-11]
  • Rep. Elton Gallegly [R, CA-24]
  • Rep. Wayne Gilchrest [R, MD-1]
  • Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D, TX-20]
  • Rep. Al Green [D, TX-9]
  • Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7]
  • Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D, IL-4]
  • Rep. John Hall [D, NY-19]
  • Rep. Phil Hare [D, IL-17]
  • Rep. Jane Harman [D, CA-36]
  • Rep. Alcee Hastings [D, FL-23]
  • Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D, NY-22]
  • Rep. Mazie Hirono [D, HI-2]
  • Rep. Rush Holt [D, NJ-12]
  • Rep. Michael Honda [D, CA-15]
  • Rep. Darlene Hooley [D, OR-5]
  • Rep. Jay Inslee [D, WA-1]
  • Rep. Steve Israel [D, NY-2]
  • Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18]
  • Rep. Henry Johnson [D, GA-4]
  • Rep. Stephanie Jones [D, OH-11]
  • Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D, RI-1]
  • Rep. Dale Kildee [D, MI-5]
  • Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick [D, MI-13]
  • Rep. Mark Kirk [R, IL-10]
  • Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D, OH-10]
  • Rep. James Langevin [D, RI-2]
  • Rep. Tom Lantos [D, CA-12]
  • Rep. Barbara Lee [D, CA-9]
  • Rep. John Lewis [D, GA-5]
  • Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D, IL-3]
  • Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D, CA-16]
  • Rep. Nita Lowey [D, NY-18]
  • Rep. Stephen Lynch [D, MA-9]
  • Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D, NY-14]
  • Rep. Edward Markey [D, MA-7]
  • Rep. Doris Matsui [D, CA-5]
  • Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D, NY-4]
  • Rep. Betty McCollum [D, MN-4]
  • Rep. James McDermott [D, WA-7]
  • Rep. James McGovern [D, MA-3]
  • Rep. Jerry McNerney [D, CA-11]
  • Rep. Michael McNulty [D, NY-21]
  • Rep. R. Bradley Miller [D, NC-13]
  • Rep. Harry Mitchell [D, AZ-5]
  • Rep. Dennis Moore [D, KS-3]
  • Rep. Gwen Moore [D, WI-4]
  • Rep. James Moran [D, VA-8]
  • Rep. Christopher Murphy [D, CT-5]
  • Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D, NY-8]
  • Rep. Richard Neal [D, MA-2]
  • Rep. James Oberstar [D, MN-8]
  • Rep. David Obey [D, WI-7]
  • Rep. John Olver [D, MA-1]
  • Rep. Frank Pallone [D, NJ-6]
  • Rep. Edward Pastor [D, AZ-4]
  • Rep. Donald Payne [D, NJ-10]
  • Rep. David Price [D, NC-4]
  • Rep. Charles Rangel [D, NY-15]
  • Rep. Dave Reichert [R, WA-8]
  • Rep. Steven Rothman [D, NJ-9]
  • Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D, CA-34]
  • Rep. Bobby Rush [D, IL-1]
  • Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D, CA-47]
  • Rep. Linda Sanchez [D, CA-39]
  • Rep. John Sarbanes [D, MD-3]
  • Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D, IL-9]
  • Rep. Adam Schiff [D, CA-29]
  • Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D, PA-13]
  • Rep. David Scott [D, GA-13]
  • Rep. José Serrano [D, NY-16]
  • Rep. Joe Sestak [D, PA-7]
  • Rep. Christopher Shays [R, CT-4]
  • Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D, NH-1]
  • Rep. Brad Sherman [D, CA-27]
  • Rep. Albio Sires [D, NJ-13]
  • Rep. Adam Smith [D, WA-9]
  • Rep. Christopher Smith [R, NJ-4]
  • Rep. Hilda Solis [D, CA-32]
  • Rep. Fortney Stark [D, CA-13]
  • Rep. Ellen Tauscher [D, CA-10]
  • Rep. John Tierney [D, MA-6]
  • Rep. Edolphus Towns [D, NY-10]
  • Rep. Christopher Van Hollen [D, MD-8]
  • Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D, NY-12]
  • Rep. Maxine Waters [D, CA-35]
  • Rep. Henry Waxman [D, CA-30]
  • Rep. Anthony Weiner [D, NY-9]
  • Rep. Robert Wexler [D, FL-19]
  • Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D, CA-6]
  • Rep. David Wu [D, OR-1]
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Committees

• House Natural Resources
• 1 more
  • House Natural Resources
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• Sep 27, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
• Sep 25, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
• Introduced on Sep 25, 2007.

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You can visit the Defenders of Wildlife website to take action and notify your state representative to cosponsor HR 3663, the Protect America's Wildlife (PAW) Act, introduced by Rep. George Miller. The PAW Act would end needless and ...

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The program was criticized by Defenders of Wildlife and predator control opponents, and prompted California State Representative George Miller to introduce a federal bill (HR 3663) seeking to make the practice illegal. ...

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