Transparency for Lethal Control Act

Transparency for Lethal Control Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), through the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, to submit an annual report to Congress (and make such report publicly available on the Internet) on the animals killed during the preceding year under the wildlife services program or by a state or local entity acting in cooperation with or on behalf of such program.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2074 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2074

 To direct the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Animal and 
   Plant Health Inspection Service, to submit to Congress, and make 
available to the public on the Internet, a report on the animals killed 
  under the Wildlife Services program of the Animal and Plant Health 
                          Inspection Service.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 21, 2013

Mrs. Davis of California (for herself, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Moran, and Mr. 
  Campbell) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Animal and 
   Plant Health Inspection Service, to submit to Congress, and make 
available to the public on the Internet, a report on the animals killed 
  under the Wildlife Services program of the Animal and Plant Health 
                          Inspection Service.

    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 ``Transparency for Lethal Control 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON ANIMALS KILLED UNDER WILDLIFE SERVICES PROGRAM OF THE 
              ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE.

    Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through 
the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, shall submit to 
Congress, and make available to the public on the Internet, a report on 
the animals killed under the wildlife services program under section 1 
of the Act of March 2, 1931 (7 U.S.C. 426; 46 Stat. 1468) or by a State 
or local entity acting in cooperation with or on behalf of the wildlife 
services program during the preceding calendar year, including--
            (1) the number of such animals killed, listed by State, 
        county (or other similar political subdivision of a State), and 
        municipality;
            (2) the species name for such animals;
            (3) the method used to kill such animals; and
            (4) the reasons that the Secretary determined that--
                    (A) the species of such animals were injurious; and
                    (B) killing such animals was necessary.
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