CHER Act of 2024

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10049 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10049 To amend the African Elephant Conservation Act and Asian Elephant Conservation Act to ban keeping elephants in captivity at zoological parks. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 25, 2024 Ms. Malliotakis introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the African Elephant Conservation Act and Asian Elephant Conservation Act to ban keeping elephants in captivity at zoological parks. 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 ``Captivity of Helpless Elephants Reduction Act of 2024'' or the ``CHER Act of 2024''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Elephants live in a matriarchal hierarchy where a lead female leads a large herd in the wild and migrates, traveling hundreds of miles eve…