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H.R. 5643: Compound 1080 and Sodium Cyanide Elimination Act

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H.R. 5643: Compound 1080 and Sodium Cyanide Elimination Act

111th Congress · introduced 2010-06-30 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Referred to House Judiciary

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2010-06-30 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to House Judiciary Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Compound 1080 and Sodium Cyanide Elimination Act

Plain summary

Compound 1080 and Sodium Cyanide Elimination Act - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit the use, production, sale, importation, or exportation of sodium fluoroacetate (known as Compound 1080). Prohibits the use of sodium cyanide in a predator control device. Subjects a violator of either such prohibition to a fine, imprisonment for not more than two years, or both.

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Official text

Compound 1080 and Sodium Cyanide Elimination Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] · 40 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

James P. McGovern (D-MA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Adam Smith (D-WA), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), John Garamendi (D-CA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Martin Heinrich (D-NM)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong111-hr5643 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111