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To prohibit any person from using a motor vehicle to take a mammalian predator species on Federal land, and for other purposes.
Summary
HR 6864 prohibits any person from using a motor vehicle to hunt, kill, trap, or otherwise take mammalian predator species on federal land. Violations carry penalties of up to $10,000 in fines and/or up to 5 years in prison. The bill includes an exception for conduct undertaken to prevent injury or death to the person or another individual. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to investigate violations and may request assistance from federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Hoyle, Val T. [D-OR-4] (D-OR)
5 cosponsors
Actions (2)
- Dec 18, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Dec 18, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 18, 2025
Ms. Hoyle of Oregon (for herself, Mr. Lawler, Mrs. Dingell, and Mr. Fitzpatrick) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To prohibit any person from using a motor vehicle to take a mammalian predator species on Federal land, and for other purposes.
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 “Snowmobiles Aren’t Weapons Act” or the “SAW Act”.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITING USE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE TO INTENTIONALLY TAKE A MAMMALIAN PREDATOR SPECIES ON FEDERAL LAND.
(a) Prohibition.—Except as provided in subsection (b), any person who intentionally uses a motor vehicle to harass, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect a mammalian predator species on Federal land shall be fined not more than $10,000, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
(b) Exceptions.—A violation of subsection (a) has not occurred if a person engaged in conduct prohibited by subsection (a) to avoid injury or death to themselves or another person.
(c) Investigation of Violations.—The Secretary of the Interior, or a person authorized by the Secretary—
(1) shall make such investigations as the Secretary deems necessary to determine whether any person has violated or is violating this Act; and
(2) when conducting an investigation under this subsection—
(A) may obtain assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of the Treasury, and such other Federal agency as the Secretary determines appropriate; and
(B) may request and accept the assistance of State and local law enforcement and governmental agencies.
(d) Definitions.—In this Act—
(1) the term “Federal land” means land owned by the United States, except land with respect to which title is held in trust by the United States for the benefit of an American Indian Tribe or an individual American Indian;
(2) the term “motor vehicle” means a self-propelled vehicle or a vehicle propelled or drawn by a self-propelled vehicle that is operated on a highway, on a railroad track, on the ground, in the water, or in the air; and
(3) the term “mammalian predator” has the meaning given such term by the Secretary of the Interior. <all>
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