Predator Control Act

Summary

Predator Control Act - Provides that no person shall (1) make field use of any chemical toxicant on any Federal lands for the purpose of killing predatory animals; or (2) make field use on such lands of any chemical toxicant which causes any secondary poisoning effect for the purpose of killing other mammals, birds, or reptiles. States that any person, including officials, employees, and agents of the United States or any State, who violates the provisions of this Act shall, upon conviction for the first offense, be subject to a fine not to exceed $500 or imprisonment not to exceed six months, or both; upon conviction of a second or subsequent offense, violators shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $10,000, or imprisonment not to exceed twelve months, or both. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to conduct directly or by agreement with qualified agencies or institutions, public and private, a program of research which shall concern the control and conservation of predatory and depredating animals and the abatement of damage caused by such animals. Specifies research activities which shall be included in such program. Authorizes appropriations of $1,500,000 for each fiscal year after fiscal year 1973 to carry out the research program. Authorizes the Secretary to provide in the three fiscal years following enactment financial assistance to any State which may annually propose to administer a program for the control of predatory and depredating animals. States that to qualify for assistance under this Act, any such State program must be found by the Secretary to meet such standards as he may, by regulation, establish. Makes it unlawful to manufacture, distribute, offer for sale, hold for sale, sell, ship, deliver for shipment, deliver, receive, or use any compound of thallium sulfate, sodium cyanide, strychnine, or sodium monofluoracetate for field use in predator control program. Provides penalties for violations of this provision. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 27 March 1973

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