United States · Bill · S
S. 1940 (118th)
Canyon’s Law
Introduced
13 June 2023
Last action
13 June 2023 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Sponsors
Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR], Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA], Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ], Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI], Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR], Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM], Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT], Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Canyon's Law This bill prohibits the preparing, placing, installing, setting, deploying, or otherwise using an M-44 device on public land. An M-44 device is defined as a device designed to propel sodium cyanide when triggered by an animal, including any device that may be commonly known as an M-44 ejector device or an M-44 predator control device. No later than 30 days after the enactment of this bill, any federal, state, or county agency that has prepared, placed, installed, set, or deployed an M-44 device on public land must remove each such device from such land.
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Timeline
13 June 2023
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Source: IntroReferral
13 June 2023
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 13 June 2023 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] · I · Cosponsor
- Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] · D · Cosponsor
- · ssev00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1940
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/1940
- us · 118-s-1940 · source updated 5 December 2025