Great Cats and Rare Canids Act of 2007

A bill to assist in the conservation of rare felids and rare canids by supporting and providing financial resources for the conservation programs of nations within the range of rare felid and rare canid populations and projects of persons with demonstrated expertise in the conservation of rare felid and rare canid populations.

3/29/2007--Introduced.
Great Cats and Rare Canids Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance for projects for the conservation of rare felids and rare canids. Authorizes the Secretary to convene an advisory group of individuals representing public and private organizations actively involved in the conservation of felids and canids. Restricts the use of grants for captive breeding or display purposes.
Establishes in the Multinational Species Conservation Fund as a separate account the Great Cats and Rare Canids Conservation Fund.
Defines "rare canid" to:
(1) mean any canid species, subspecies, or population that is not native to the United States and Canada, and is included in the threatened or endangered lists of the World Conservation Union, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or the Endangered Species Act of 1973; and
(2) include such a subspecies or population of dhole, gray wolf, ethiopian wolf, bush dog, or maned wolf.
Defines "rare felid" to:
(1) mean any felid species, subspecies, or population that is not native to the United States and Canada, and is included in the threatened or endangered lists of the World Conservation Union, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or the Endangered Species Act of 1973; and
(2) include such a subspecies or population of lion, leopard, jaguar, snow leopard, clouded leopard, cheetah, or iberian lynx. Does not include any tiger.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I, CT]
• and 4 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA]
  • Sen. Samuel Brownback [R, KS]
  • Sen. Bernard Sanders [I, VT]
  • Sen. John Sununu [R, NH]
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Committees

• Senate Environment and Public Works

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.1033

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March 29, 2007

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• Mar 29, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
• Mar 29, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4169)
• Introduced on Mar 29, 2007.

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• H.R.1464
• H.R.1913

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• Animals
• Animal breeding
• Business
• Cats
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• Criminal justice
• Dogs
• Ecological research
• Economic assistance
• Endangered species
• Environmental education
• Environmental law enforcement
• Environmental monitoring
• Environmental protection
• Environmental protection groups
• Executive departments
• Federal advisory bodies
• Foreign aid
• Foreign policy
• Gifts
• Government information
• Government paperwork
• Government publications
• Government publicity
• Government trust funds
• Habitat conservation
• Hunting
• International affairs
• International environmental cooperation
• Lions
• Natural resources
• Panthers
• Public meetings
• Public-private partnerships
• Restoration ecology
• Science policy
• Sports
• Tigers
• Trade
• Treaties
• Wild animal trade
• Wildlife conservation
• Wolves

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April 18, 2008 THE MOSS REPORT

The House approved S.1033, and enrolled the bill for ratification. This bill DESIGNATES THE COLOR INDIGO BLUE AS THE OFFICIAL COLOR OF THE STATE OF SOUTH ...

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July 16, 2008 The Conservative Blog Network Feed

This bill stemmed from the “Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act” (S. 1033) which was co-sponsored by McCain and Ted Kennedy in 2005. Once McCain gained momentum in securing the Republican primary, he didn’t miss a beat in going ...

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May 22, 2008 Outpouring of Sympathy for Sen. Kennedy from the Hispanic Nation

He would later take “a leading role in several other would-be immigration measures, including the [traitorous] Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act (S. 1033) ("McCain-Kennedy") [aka, the Benedict Arnold-Robert Hanssen act]) in ...

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May 10, 2008 What's so wrong with McCain?

http://www.shusterman.com/cgi-bin/ex-link.pl?thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:S.1033: read the damn thing. It said 'secure the borders, then issue green cards for those here that apply, tax them and the one's that dont apply, ...

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