HR 847 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act

Introduced Feb 27, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Jim Gerlach R-PA

Latest action · Mar 13, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit.

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.

IntroducedFeb 27, 2013
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to define a "high volume retail breeder" as a person who, in commerce, for compensation or profit: (1) has an ownership interest in or custody of one or more breeding female dogs; and (2) sells, via any means of conveyance, more than 50 of the offspring of such dogs for use as pets in any one-year period. Considers such a breeder of dogs to be a dealer.

Requires dealers to include on licensing applications and annual renewals the total number of dogs exempted from exercise on the premises of the dealer in the preceding year by a licensed veterinarian.

Requires the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to promulgate requirements for the exercise of dogs at facilities owned or operated by a dealer, including requiring daily access to exercise that: (1) allows the dogs to move sufficiently in a way that is not forced, repetitive, or restrictive; and (2) is in an area that is spacious, cleaned at least once a day, free of infestation by pests or vermin, and designed to prevent the dogs from escaping. Allows an exemption if: (1) a licensed veterinarian determines that a dog should not exercise because of the health, condition, or well-being of the dog; and (2) such determination is reviewed and updated at least once every 30 days by the veterinarian, unless the basis for the determination is a permanent condition. Subjects such a determination to review and approval by the Secretary.

Cosponsors 136

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 27, 2013 to Jul 25, 2014; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-FL	C. W. Bill Young	Original	Feb 27, 2013
D-CA	Lois Capps	Original	Feb 27, 2013
D-CA	Sam Farr	Original	Feb 27, 2013
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Feb 28, 2013
D-WA	Adam Smith		Feb 28, 2013
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Feb 28, 2013
D-PA	Allyson Y. Schwartz		Feb 28, 2013
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Feb 28, 2013
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Feb 28, 2013
D-IA	Bruce L. Braley		Feb 28, 2013
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Feb 28, 2013
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Feb 28, 2013
D-RI	David N. Cicilline		Feb 28, 2013
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Feb 28, 2013
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Feb 28, 2013
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Feb 28, 2013
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		Feb 28, 2013
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Feb 28, 2013
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman		Feb 28, 2013
D-CT	James A. Himes		Feb 28, 2013
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Feb 28, 2013
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Feb 28, 2013
D-TN	Jim Cooper		Feb 28, 2013
D-CT	John B. Larson		Feb 28, 2013
R-CA	John Campbell		Feb 28, 2013
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.		Feb 28, 2013
D-GA	John Lewis		Feb 28, 2013
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes		Feb 28, 2013
R-NJ	Jon Runyan		Feb 28, 2013
D-MN	Keith Ellison		Feb 28, 2013
D-CA	Loretta Sanchez		Feb 28, 2013
R-NY	Michael G. Grimm		Feb 28, 2013
R-CO	Mike Coffman		Feb 28, 2013
D-MA	Niki Tsongas		Feb 28, 2013
R-PA	Patrick Meehan		Feb 28, 2013
D-PR	Pedro R. Pierluisi		Feb 28, 2013
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Feb 28, 2013
R-NY	Richard L. Hanna		Feb 28, 2013
D-NJ	Rush Holt		Feb 28, 2013
D-MI	Sander M. Levin		Feb 28, 2013
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Feb 28, 2013
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		Feb 28, 2013
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch		Feb 28, 2013
R-FL	Vern Buchanan		Feb 28, 2013
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Mar 4, 2013
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski		Mar 4, 2013
D-NC	David E. Price		Mar 4, 2013
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Mar 4, 2013
D-MI	Gary C. Peters		Mar 4, 2013
D-VA	James P. Moran		Mar 4, 2013
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Mar 4, 2013
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Mar 4, 2013
D-NY	Steve Israel		Mar 4, 2013
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas		Mar 4, 2013
D-IA	David Loebsack		Mar 6, 2013
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Mar 6, 2013
D-CA	George Miller		Mar 6, 2013
D-CA	Julia Brownley		Mar 6, 2013
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Mar 6, 2013
R-NY	Peter T. King		Mar 6, 2013
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Mar 6, 2013
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Mar 12, 2013
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.		Mar 12, 2013
D-CA	Janice Hahn		Mar 12, 2013
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Mar 12, 2013
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Mar 12, 2013
D-MA	John F. Tierney		Mar 12, 2013
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Mar 12, 2013
D-NY	Paul Tonko		Mar 12, 2013
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		Mar 12, 2013
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito		Mar 12, 2013
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici		Mar 12, 2013
R-PA	Tom Marino		Mar 12, 2013
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Mar 12, 2013
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster		Mar 14, 2013
D-NV	Dina Titus		Mar 14, 2013
R-KY	Ed Whitfield		Mar 14, 2013
R-MN	Erik Paulsen		Mar 14, 2013
D-FL	Kathy Castor		Mar 14, 2013
D-PA	Matt Cartwright		Mar 14, 2013
R-PA	Tim Murphy		Mar 14, 2013
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Mar 20, 2013
R-CA	Gary G. Miller		Mar 20, 2013
D-CO	Jared Polis		Mar 20, 2013
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Mar 20, 2013
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey		Mar 20, 2013
D-VT	Peter Welch		Mar 20, 2013
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop		Mar 20, 2013
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Mar 20, 2013
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy		Mar 21, 2013
R-WA	David G. Reichert		Mar 21, 2013
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Apr 9, 2013
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth		Apr 9, 2013
D-CA	Michael M. Honda		Apr 9, 2013
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey		Apr 9, 2013
D-CA	Jared Huffman		Apr 11, 2013
D-CA	Raul Ruiz		Apr 11, 2013
D-CA	Brad Sherman		Apr 17, 2013
D-FL	Patrick Murphy		Apr 17, 2013
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		Apr 23, 2013
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		Apr 23, 2013
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Apr 23, 2013
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney		Apr 23, 2013
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Apr 25, 2013
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		May 6, 2013
D-CA	Judy Chu		May 6, 2013
R-PA	Michael G. Fitzpatrick		May 6, 2013
D-NY	Grace Meng		May 8, 2013
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri		May 14, 2013
D-NH	Carol Shea-Porter		May 17, 2013
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano		May 17, 2013
D-MD	Donna F. Edwards		May 22, 2013
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		May 22, 2013
D-MA	William R. Keating		May 22, 2013
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		May 23, 2013
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson		May 23, 2013
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Jun 6, 2013
D-CA	Jackie Speier		Jun 6, 2013
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Jun 6, 2013
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam		Jun 6, 2013
D-HI	Tulsi Gabbard		Jun 6, 2013
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Jun 14, 2013
D-CA	Karen Bass		Jun 14, 2013
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Jun 20, 2013
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II		Jun 20, 2013
I-AZ	Kyrsten Sinema		Jun 28, 2013
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo		Jun 28, 2013
D-MD	John K. Delaney		Jul 11, 2013
D-TX	Ruben Hinojosa		Jul 25, 2013
D-CA	Ami Bera		Aug 2, 2013
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter		Aug 2, 2013
D-NV	Steven Horsford		Sep 10, 2013
R-PA	Scott Perry		Oct 23, 2013
R-PA	Keith J. Rothfus		Oct 30, 2013
D-NJ	Albio Sires		Jun 9, 2014
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Jul 25, 2014

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Agriculture Committee	Referred Feb 27, 2013
	Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee	Referred Mar 13, 2013

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 13, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit.
Feb 27, 2013Introduced in House
Feb 27, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

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: The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H702.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 395	Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act	Related bill	Feb 27, 2013

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Animal Welfare Act to provide further protection for puppies.
Short Titles as Introduced: Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 27, 2013Introduced in House

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