HR 5267 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Pet and Women Safety Act of 2014

Introduced Jul 30, 2014 Originated House Sponsor Katherine M. Clark D-MA

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Latest action · Sep 26, 2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

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.

  1. IntroducedJul 30, 2014
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Pet and Women Safety Act of 2014 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit threats or acts of violence against a person's pet under the offenses of stalking and interstate violation of a protection order. Defines "pet" to mean a domesticated animal that is kept for pleasure rather than for commercial purposes.

Requires the "full amount of the victim's losses" for purposes of restitution in domestic violence and stalking offenses to include any costs incurred for veterinary services relating to physical care for the victim's pet.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to award grants to eligible entities to carry out programs to provide specified housing assistance, support services, and training of relevant stakeholders to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and their pets.

Expresses the sense of Congress that states should encourage the inclusion of protections against violent or threatening acts against the pet of the person in domestic violence protection orders.

Cosponsors 55

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 30, 2014 to Dec 16, 2014; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-FLIleana Ros-LehtinenOriginalJul 30, 2014
D-NVDina TitusSep 11, 2014
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonSep 11, 2014
D-MAJames P. McGovernSep 11, 2014
D-VAJames P. MoranSep 11, 2014
D-CAMichael M. HondaSep 11, 2014
D-TNSteve CohenSep 11, 2014
D-CATony CárdenasSep 11, 2014
D-CAAdam B. SchiffSep 15, 2014
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzSep 15, 2014
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskySep 15, 2014
D-FLTheodore E. DeutchSep 15, 2014
D-TXBeto O'RourkeSep 18, 2014
D-MEChellie PingreeSep 18, 2014
R-KYEd WhitfieldSep 18, 2014
D-COJared PolisSep 18, 2014
D-CAJerry McNerneySep 18, 2014
R-PAJim GerlachSep 18, 2014
D-WAJim McDermottSep 18, 2014
D-MAJohn F. TierneySep 18, 2014
D-MAJoseph P. Kennedy IIISep 18, 2014
I-AZKyrsten SinemaSep 18, 2014
R-PALou BarlettaSep 18, 2014
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoSep 18, 2014
D-MANiki TsongasSep 18, 2014
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaSep 18, 2014
D-MARichard E. NealSep 18, 2014
D-CASam FarrSep 18, 2014
D-NYTimothy H. BishopSep 18, 2014
D-MAWilliam R. KeatingSep 18, 2014
D-CAZoe LofgrenSep 18, 2014
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsNov 12, 2014
D-WADerek KilmerNov 12, 2014
D-OREarl BlumenauerNov 12, 2014
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonNov 12, 2014
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyNov 12, 2014
D-WIGwen MooreNov 12, 2014
D-CAJackie SpeierNov 12, 2014
D-NYJerrold NadlerNov 12, 2014
D-CALois CappsNov 12, 2014
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardNov 12, 2014
D-ILMike QuigleyNov 12, 2014
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioNov 12, 2014
D-NYSteve IsraelNov 12, 2014
D-CAJulia BrownleyNov 17, 2014
R-PAPatrick MeehanNov 18, 2014
R-ILRodney DavisNov 18, 2014
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroNov 20, 2014
D-NYCharles B. RangelDec 1, 2014
R-OHDavid P. JoyceDec 1, 2014
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciDec 1, 2014
D-WARick LarsenDec 4, 2014
D-NYJoseph CrowleyDec 9, 2014
D-OHTim RyanDec 9, 2014
D-VTPeter WelchDec 16, 2014

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Jul 30, 2014
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
Referred Sep 26, 2014
HouseAgriculture Committee
Referred Jul 30, 2014
Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee
Referred Sep 22, 2014

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 26, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
  2. Sep 22, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit.
  3. Jul 30, 2014Introduced in House
  4. Jul 30, 2014Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H7127.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To protect the pets of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence.
Short Titles as Introduced
Pet and Women Safety Act of 2014

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 30, 2014Introduced in House

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