Compound 1080 and Sodium Cyanide Elimination Act

Compound 1080 and Sodium Cyanide Elimination Act - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to prohibit the use, production, sale, importation, or exportation of sodium fluoroacetate (known as Compound 1080).

Prohibits the use of sodium cyanide in a predator control device.

Subjects a violator of either such prohibition to a fine, imprisonment for not more than two years, or both.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4214 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4214

    To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit the use, 
  production, sale, importation, or exportation of the poison sodium 
 fluoroacetate (known as ``Compound 1080'') and to prohibit the use of 
                  sodium cyanide for predator control.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 20, 2012

  Mr. Campbell (for himself and Mr. DeFazio) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and 
   in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit the use, 
  production, sale, importation, or exportation of the poison sodium 
 fluoroacetate (known as ``Compound 1080'') and to prohibit the use of 
                  sodium cyanide for predator control.

    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 ``Compound 1080 and Sodium Cyanide 
Elimination Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE, PRODUCTION, SALE, IMPORTATION, OR 
              EXPORTATION OF COMPOUND 1080.

    Section 6 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2605) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(g) Compound 1080.--The use, production, sale, importation, or 
exportation of sodium fluoroacetate (known as `Compound 1080') is 
prohibited. Any person who violates this subsection shall be fined 
under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned not more than 2 
years, or both.''.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON USE OF SODIUM CYANIDE FOR PREDATOR CONTROL.

    (a) Prohibited Act.--Sodium cyanide may not be used in a predator 
control device.
    (b) Penalty.--Whoever uses sodium cyanide in a predator control 
device shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned 
not more than 2 years, or both.
    (c) Predator Control Device.--In this section, the term ``predator 
control device'' means--
            (1) a dispenser designed to propel sodium cyanide when 
        activated by an animal; and
            (2) any other means of dispensing sodium cyanide, including 
        in the form of sodium cyanide capsules, for wildlife management 
        or other animal control purposes.
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