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US HB4180
Bill
Status
6/26/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jared Huffman
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AI Summary
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Prohibits preparing, placing, installing, setting, deploying, or using M-44 devices ("cyanide bombs") on all federal public lands managed by agencies including the National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, and Forest Service
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Requires Federal, State, or county agencies to remove all existing M-44 devices from public land within 30 days of enactment
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M-44 devices use sodium cyanide, classified as a Category One acute toxicant (EPA's most hazardous classification), to kill coyotes, foxes, and wild dogs suspected of preying on livestock
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Devices have only a 53% targeted kill rate, with thousands of nontarget animals killed including bald eagles, golden eagles, gray wolves, black bears, grizzly bears, and over 50 documented family dogs since 1990
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At least 42 people have been accidentally exposed to cyanide gas from M-44 devices since 1984, including children in Idaho and Wyoming in 2017
Legislative Description
Canyon’s Law
Public lands and natural resources
Last Action
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
6/26/2025