S 1478 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Puppy Protection Act of 2001

Introduced Oct 1, 2001 Originated Senate Sponsor Rick Santorum R-PA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Oct 1, 2001 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedOct 1, 2001
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Puppy Protection Act of 2001 - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to: (1) include among humane standards for animal treatment provisions respecting socialization of dogs to facilitate contact with other dogs and people, and breeding initiation and frequency of female dogs; (2) revise temporary license suspension provisions; and (3) establish mandatory suspension provisions.

Cosponsors 27

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 1, 2001 to Feb 5, 2002, with 8 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-NH	Bob Smith	Original	Oct 1, 2001
D-MI	Carl Levin	Original	Oct 1, 2001
D-MA	Edward M. Kennedy	Original	Oct 1, 2001
D-LA	John B. Breaux	Original	Oct 1, 2001
R-VA	John Warner	Original	Oct 1, 2001
D-CT	Joseph I. Lieberman	Original	Oct 1, 2001
D-IL	Richard J. Durbin	Original	Oct 1, 2001
D-GA	Zell Miller	Original	Oct 1, 2001
D-NJ	Robert G. Torricelli		Oct 3, 2001
D-MI	Debbie Stabenow		Oct 4, 2001
D-IA	Tom Harkin		Oct 4, 2001
D-NY	Charles E. Schumer		Oct 17, 2001
D-NV	Harry Reid		Oct 17, 2001
D-NM	Jeff Bingaman		Nov 29, 2001
D-CT	Christopher J. Dodd		Dec 4, 2001
R-NV	John Ensign		Dec 4, 2001
D-MD	Paul S. Sarbanes		Dec 7, 2001
D-MA	John F. Kerry		Dec 11, 2001
D-WA	Maria Cantwell		Dec 12, 2001
R-UT	Orrin G. Hatch		Dec 12, 2001
D-IN	Evan Bayh		Dec 14, 2001
D-VT	Patrick J. Leahy		Dec 19, 2001
D-CA	Barbara Boxer		Dec 20, 2001
D-NY	Hillary Rodham Clinton		Dec 20, 2001
R-OH	Mike DeWine		Dec 20, 2001
D-CA	Dianne Feinstein		Feb 5, 2002
D-OR	Ron Wyden		Feb 5, 2002

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Oct 1, 2001Introduced in Senate
Oct 1, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Oct 1, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9974-9980)

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Animals.

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