S. 1535: Protect America's Wildlife Act of 2009
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S. 1535: Protect America's Wildlife Act of 2009
111th Congress · introduced 2009-07-29 · Animals · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8275-8276)
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- Where it came from: introduced 2009-07-29 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8275-8276) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Protect America's Wildlife Act of 2009
Plain summary
Protect America's Wildlife Act of 2009 - Amends the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to impose criminal penalties on anyone who knowingly violates any regulation prohibiting the shooting or harassing of birds, fish, or other animals from aircraft (airborne hunting). Increases the monetary penalty for airborne hunting from $5,000 to $50,000. Expands the exceptions to the prohibition against airborne hunting to include enhancing the propagation and survival of wildlife or preventing the extinction of a species threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
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Official text
Protect America's Wildlife Act of 2009
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · 7 cosponsors
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Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)
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- The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111s1535.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/s>
Record fed-us-cong111-s1535 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111