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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5118 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5118

    To prohibit certain activities involving kangaroos and kangaroo 
                   products, and for other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 19, 2024

  Ms. Duckworth (for herself and Mr. Booker) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment 
                            and Public Works

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                                 A BILL

 
    To prohibit certain activities involving kangaroos and kangaroo 
                   products, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Kangaroo Protection Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. KANGAROOS AND KANGAROO PRODUCTS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Kangaroo.--The term ``kangaroo'' means a dead animal or 
        a part thereof of the species--
                    (A) Macropus fuliginosus (commonly known as the 
                ``western grey kangaroo'');
                    (B) Macropus giganteus (commonly known as the 
                ``eastern grey kangaroo'');
                    (C) Osphranter robustus (commonly known as the 
                ``common wallaroo''); or
                    (D) Osphranter rufus (commonly known as the ``red 
                kangaroo'').
            (2) Kangaroo product.--The term ``kangaroo product'' means 
        an item that is composed in whole or in part of a kangaroo.
    (b) Unlawful Acts.--It is unlawful for any person to knowingly--
            (1) bring into the United States for commercial purposes, 
        possess with the intent to sell, or sell a kangaroo; or
            (2) introduce or manufacture for introduction into, sell or 
        offer to sell, trade, advertise, transport, or distribute in 
        interstate commerce a kangaroo product.
    (c) Criminal Penalties.--
            (1) In general.--Any person who knowingly violates this 
        section shall be fined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned for 
        not more than 1 year, or both.
            (2) Separate offense.--Each violation of this section shall 
        be a separate offense.
            (3) Location of offense.--A defendant shall be deemed to 
        have committed the offense in the district in which the 
        defendant may have taken or been in possession of the kangaroo 
        or kangaroo product.
    (d) Regulations.--The Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with 
the Attorney General, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the head of any 
other agency the Secretary of Commerce determines appropriate, shall 
issue regulations necessary to implement this section.
    (e) Effective Date.--Subsections (a), (b), and (c) shall take 
effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this section.
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