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H.R. 6059: Wildlife Conservation and Anti-Trafficking Act of 2021

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H.R. 6059: Wildlife Conservation and Anti-Trafficking Act of 2021

117th Congress · introduced 2021-11-19 · Animals · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-11-19 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife. 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

Wildlife Conservation and Anti-Trafficking Act of 2021

Plain summary

Wildlife Conservation and Anti-Trafficking Act of 2021 This bill sets forth provisions relating to wildlife conservation, anti-trafficking and poaching, and illegal fishing. Specifically, the bill directs the Departments of Justice, the Interior, Commerce, State, and the Treasury to develop a plan of action for awards to whistleblowers of violations of laws applicable to wildlife trafficking; directs Interior to carry out the International Wildlife Conservation Program to, among other things, address global conservation threats and combat wildlife trafficking and poaching; provides funding for the conservation of certain endangered species; authorizes Interior, in consultation with the State Department, to station not less than one U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officer in the primary diplomatic or consular post of the United States in a focus country or country of concern (i.e., countries engaging in wildlife trafficking); and directs Commerce to make amounts available for illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing enforcement. The bill also modifies the federal criminal code to make wildlife trafficking and illegal fishing predicates with respect to the enforcement of certain criminal offenses, including racketeering and money laundering.

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Official text

Wildlife Conservation and Anti-Trafficking Act of 2021

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3] · 56 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Sean Casten (D-IL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Jason Crow (D-CO), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), James A. Himes (D-CT), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), André Carson (D-IN), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3] reported raising $582,746 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr6059 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117