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]
  • John Sununu
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Committees

• Senate Environment and Public Works

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
March 29, 2007

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

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Related Bills:

• H.R.1464
• H.R.1913

Related Issue Areas:

• 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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