Urging all nations to outlaw the dog and cat meat trade and to enforce existing laws against such trade
Latest action · Sep 12, 2018 The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.
- IntroducedJun 22, 2017
- Agreed to in HouseSep 12, 2018
Summary
Calls for an end to the dog and cat meat industry and urges all nations to outlaw the dog and cat meat trade.
Affirms the commitment of the United States to the protection of animals around the world.
Cosponsors 152
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 22, 2017 to Sep 12, 2018; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Vern Buchanan | Original | Jun 22, 2017 |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Jul 11, 2017 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Jul 11, 2017 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jul 11, 2017 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Jul 11, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jul 11, 2017 | |
| R-NY | John Katko | Jul 11, 2017 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jul 11, 2017 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Jul 11, 2017 | |
| D-NV | Ruben J. Kihuen | Jul 11, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Jul 11, 2017 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jul 12, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Jul 12, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Jul 18, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Jul 18, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Jul 18, 2017 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Jul 18, 2017 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Jul 18, 2017 | |
| R-NJ | Frank A. LoBiondo | Jul 18, 2017 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Jul 18, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Jul 18, 2017 | |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | Jul 18, 2017 | |
| R-NY | John J. Faso | Jul 18, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Jul 18, 2017 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Jul 18, 2017 | |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Jul 18, 2017 | |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Jul 24, 2017 | |
| R-NY | Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. | Jul 24, 2017 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Jul 24, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Norma J. Torres | Jul 24, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Jul 24, 2017 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Jul 24, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Jul 24, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Jul 24, 2017 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jul 25, 2017 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Jul 25, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Jul 25, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Jul 25, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Jul 25, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Jul 25, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Jul 25, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Jul 25, 2017 | |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Jul 26, 2017 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Jul 26, 2017 | |
| D-HI | Colleen Hanabusa | Jul 27, 2017 | |
| R-NY | Lee M. Zeldin | Jul 27, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Jul 27, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Jul 27, 2017 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Jul 27, 2017 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Jul 28, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Jul 28, 2017 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Aug 4, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Charlie Crist | Aug 4, 2017 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Aug 4, 2017 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Aug 4, 2017 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Aug 4, 2017 | |
| D-NM | Michelle Lujan Grisham | Aug 4, 2017 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Aug 4, 2017 | |
| R-OH | Steve Stivers | Aug 4, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Aug 4, 2017 | |
| R-PA | Ryan A. Costello | Aug 8, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Aug 18, 2017 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Aug 18, 2017 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Aug 18, 2017 | |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Aug 18, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Aug 22, 2017 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Aug 25, 2017 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Aug 25, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Sep 1, 2017 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Sep 1, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Sep 1, 2017 | |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Sep 7, 2017 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Sep 25, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Sep 26, 2017 | |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Oct 2, 2017 | |
| R-NJ | Rodney P. Frelinghuysen | Oct 2, 2017 | |
| R-OH | Steve Chabot | Oct 2, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | Oct 2, 2017 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Oct 4, 2017 | |
| R-CO | Scott R. Tipton | Oct 4, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Oct 10, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Oct 12, 2017 | |
| R-NJ | Leonard Lance | Oct 12, 2017 | |
| R-NY | Chris Collins | Oct 19, 2017 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Oct 19, 2017 | |
| R-FL | Matt Gaetz | Oct 19, 2017 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Oct 23, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Oct 25, 2017 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Oct 25, 2017 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Oct 25, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Oct 26, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Oct 26, 2017 | |
| D-HI | Tulsi Gabbard | Oct 31, 2017 | |
| R-CA | Duncan Hunter | Nov 2, 2017 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Nov 2, 2017 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Nov 6, 2017 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Nov 6, 2017 | |
| R-CO | Mike Coffman | Nov 6, 2017 | |
| R-CA | Edward R. Royce | Nov 8, 2017 | |
| D-VI | Stacey E. Plaskett | Nov 8, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Nov 14, 2017 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Nov 15, 2017 | |
| R-AZ | David Schweikert | Nov 15, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Nov 15, 2017 | |
| D-MN | Richard M. Nolan | Jan 18, 2018 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Jan 30, 2018 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas MacArthur | Jan 30, 2018 | |
| R-MI | Mike Bishop | Feb 7, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Feb 20, 2018 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Feb 23, 2018 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Feb 26, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Mar 1, 2018 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Mar 7, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Mar 8, 2018 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Mar 13, 2018 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Mar 29, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Apr 10, 2018 | |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | Apr 10, 2018 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Apr 13, 2018 | |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | Apr 13, 2018 | |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Apr 16, 2018 | |
| D-TX | Beto O'Rourke | Apr 18, 2018 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Apr 18, 2018 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Apr 23, 2018 | |
| D-MA | Niki Tsongas | Apr 23, 2018 | |
| D-VA | A. Donald McEachin | May 7, 2018 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | May 7, 2018 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | May 7, 2018 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | May 7, 2018 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | May 7, 2018 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | May 7, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | May 8, 2018 | |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | May 8, 2018 | |
| R-KS | Kevin Yoder | May 9, 2018 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | May 10, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | May 15, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | May 15, 2018 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | May 15, 2018 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | May 16, 2018 | |
| R-PA | Lloyd Smucker | May 16, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | May 21, 2018 | |
| R-TX | Kenny Marchant | May 21, 2018 | |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | Jun 1, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Jun 8, 2018 | |
| R-MN | Erik Paulsen | Jun 19, 2018 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Jun 19, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Sep 5, 2018 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Sep 5, 2018 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Sep 5, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Sep 5, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Sep 12, 2018 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Sep 12, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Jun 22, 2017Markup Nov 15, 2017 |
| East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee | Referred Jun 27, 2017 |
Actions 11
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 12, 2018Mr. Royce (CA) moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.
- Sep 12, 2018Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8153-8155)
- Sep 12, 2018DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 401.
- Sep 12, 2018Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8153)
- Sep 12, 2018The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H8153–H8155Text printed H8153 | Alcee L. Hastings D-FL, Dina Titus D-NV, Edward R. Royce R-CA, Eliot L. Engel D-NY | Sep 12, 2018 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E873 | Alcee L. Hastings D-FL | Jun 22, 2017 |
Research
What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this resolution, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 115-79 | VARIOUS MEASURES214 pages | Foreign Affairs Committee | Nov 15, 2017 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Urging China, South Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, India, and all nations to outlaw the dog and cat meat trade and to enforce existing laws against the trade.
- Official Titles as Amended by House
- Urging all nations to outlaw the dog and cat meat trade and to enforce existing laws against such trade
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 12, 2018Engrossed in House
- Jun 22, 2017Introduced in House
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