S 395 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 27, 2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S944-945)

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. IntroducedFeb 27, 2013
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. 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 26

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 27, 2013 to Nov 19, 2013, with 11 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CABarbara BoxerOriginalFeb 27, 2013
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalFeb 27, 2013
R-LADavid VitterOriginalFeb 27, 2013
D-ORJeff MerkleyOriginalFeb 27, 2013
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalFeb 27, 2013
D-COMark UdallOriginalFeb 27, 2013
D-LAMary L. LandrieuOriginalFeb 27, 2013
D-CTRichard BlumenthalOriginalFeb 27, 2013
D-NJRobert MenendezOriginalFeb 27, 2013
D-ORRon WydenOriginalFeb 27, 2013
R-MESusan M. CollinsOriginalFeb 27, 2013
I-VTBernard SandersMar 19, 2013
D-NYCharles E. SchumerMar 19, 2013
D-WAMaria CantwellMar 19, 2013
D-WAPatty MurrayMar 19, 2013

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 27, 2013Introduced in Senate
  2. Feb 27, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S944-945)

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 847Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety ActRelated billMar 13, 2013

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 27, 2013Introduced in Senate

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