H.R. 6864

119 HR 6864 IH: Snowmobiles Aren’t Weapons Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-12-18
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 I  119th CONGRESS
  1st Session  H. R. 6864  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.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Snowmobiles Aren’t Weapons Act   or the   SAW Act  .
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.