MINKS are Superspreaders Act

Bill: 117-hr-4310
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2021-07-01
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Agricultural trade

Animal and plant health

Animal protection and human-animal relationships

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Livestock

Mammals

Veterinary medicine and animal diseases
Latest action: action_date: 2021-10-01
text: Executive Comment Requested from Def Security Assistance, Federal Judicial Center.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-07-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Minks in Narrowly Kept Spaces are Superspreaders Act or the MINKS are Superspreaders Act</b></p> <p>This bill makes it unlawful to import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, or purchase American mink (<i>Neovison vison</i>) raised in captivity for fur production, whether dead or alive. </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4310 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 1, 2021 Ms. DeLauro (for herself, Ms. Mace , Mr. Grijalva , Mr. McCaul , Mr. DeFazio , Ms. Tenney , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. Valadao , Ms. Escobar , and Mr. Gooden of Texas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit the import, export, transport, sale, receipt, acquirement, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce of mink, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Minks in Narrowly Kept Spaces are Superspreaders Act or the MINKS are Superspreaders Act . 2. Prohibitions relating to mink (a) Lacey Act amendments Section 3 of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 ( 16 U.S.C. 3372 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(2)— (A) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking or at the end; (B) in subparagraph (C), by inserting or after the semicolon; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (D) any American mink (Neovison vison) raised in captivity for fur production, whether dead or alive, or any part, product, or offspring thereof (subject to subsection (e)); ; and (2) in subsection (e)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking Subsection (a)(2)(C) does and inserting Subparagraphs (C) and (D) of subsection (a)(2) do ; and (B) by inserting or mink described in subsection (a)(2)(D) after species each place it appears. (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.