CAPE Act

Bill: 117-s-2886
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2021-09-29
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Hunting and fishing

Mammals

Parks, recreation areas, trails

Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Latest action: action_date: 2021-12-02
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-09-29
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Cape and Antler Preservation Enhancement Act or the CAPE Act</strong></p> <p>This bill allows the Department of the Interior to authorize the donation and distribution of capes, hides, horns, and antlers from wildlife management activities carried out on National Park System lands in order to reduce the size of a wildlife population.</p> <p>Interior may give priority consideration of the donation of capes, hides, horns, and antlers to qualified volunteers that participated in the wildlife management activity.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2886 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 29, 2021 Mr. Barrasso introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To amend title 54, United States Code, to authorize the donation and distribution of capes, horns, and antlers from wildlife management activities carried out on National Park System land.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Cape and Antler Preservation Enhancement Act or the CAPE Act . 2. Donation and distribution of meat, capes, horns, and antlers from wildlife management activities on National Park System land Section 104909(c) of title 54, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting , capes, hides, horns, and antlers after distribution of meat ; (2) by striking food banks, and other organizations and inserting and, in the case of meat, food banks and other organizations ; and (3) by inserting , including giving priority consideration to qualified volunteers that participated in the wildlife management activity after may require .