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Don’t Feed the Bears Act of 2025

7/30/2025, 10:40 PM

Summary of Bill HR 4422

H.R. 4422 of the 119th Congress, introduced on July 15, 2025, aims to mandate the establishment and enforcement of regulations to prohibit deliberate feeding of bears on Federal public lands with the goal of eliminating the hunting method called "bear baiting" and mitigating human-bear conflicts.

Current Status of Bill HR 4422

Bill HR 4422 is currently in the status of Bill Introduced since July 15, 2025. Bill HR 4422 was introduced during Congress 119 and was introduced to the House on July 15, 2025.  Bill HR 4422's most recent activity was 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. as of July 15, 2025

Bipartisan Support of Bill HR 4422

Total Number of Sponsors
4
Democrat Sponsors
4
Republican Sponsors
0
Unaffiliated Sponsors
0
Total Number of Cosponsors
3
Democrat Cosponsors
3
Republican Cosponsors
0
Unaffiliated Cosponsors
0

Policy Area and Potential Impact of Bill HR 4422

Primary Policy Focus

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Alternate Title(s) of Bill HR 4422

To require the adoption and enforcement of regulations to prohibit the intentional feeding of bears on Federal public lands in order to end the hunting practice known as "bear baiting" and reduce the number of dangerous interactions between people and bears.
To require the adoption and enforcement of regulations to prohibit the intentional feeding of bears on Federal public lands in order to end the hunting practice known as "bear baiting" and reduce the number of dangerous interactions between people and bears.

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