Mr. Lieu (for himself, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Norton, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Titus, Mr. Soto, and Mr. Huffman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
Support legislation to prohibit trophy hunting of endangered and threatened species and ban the import of endangered and threatened species trophies into the United States.
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Evidence
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. is listed as Georgia's 4th District representative in the 119th Congress, with an oath of office date of Jan. 03, 2025 and current committee assignments on Judiciary and Transportation and Infrastructure.
The homepage's latest-news section on June 10, 2026 highlights IRS worker conditions, consumer protection, and small-business items; no wildlife or trophy-hunting item appears in the current public feed.
The article reports that during Trump's second term the U.S. approved more than 300 elephant trophy imports last year, and that Biden-era reforms had aimed to effectively ban such imports.
Assessments
The promise is framed as supporting legislation, but the provided record does not identify a Johnson-sponsored, co-sponsored, or otherwise clearly backed bill in the current term that would prohibit trophy hunting of endangered or threatened species or ban trophy imports into the United States. The evidence confirms he is serving in the 119th Congress, but it does not show concrete legislative action by him on this issue, and the broader federal policy environment cited appears to be moving away from such a ban rather than toward enactment. Because there is no clear proof of delivery and also no documented serious Johnson-led attempt in the supplied evidence, the claim is best scored as unresolved rather than delivered or never.