AFTER Act of 2019
Latest action · Jun 21, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
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.
- IntroducedMay 22, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Animal Freedom from Testing, Experiments, and Research Act of 2019 or the AFTER Act of 2019
This bill requires federal research facilities to facilitate the adoption or nonlaboratory placement of certain warm-blooded animals (e.g., dogs, cats, monkeys, guinea pigs, hamsters, and rabbits) with animal rescue organizations, animal sanctuaries, animal shelters, or individuals. In order to be adopted or placed, the animals must (1) no longer be needed for research; (2) be suitable for release; (3) not be birds, rats, or mice.
Cosponsors 75
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 22, 2019 to Sep 14, 2020; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | May 22, 2019 |
| R-FL | Brian J. Mast | Original | May 22, 2019 |
| D-FL | Charlie Crist | Original | May 22, 2019 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | May 22, 2019 |
| R-IN | Jackie Walorski | Original | May 22, 2019 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | May 22, 2019 |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Original | May 22, 2019 |
| R-FL | Matt Gaetz | Original | May 22, 2019 |
| R-MN | Pete Stauber | Original | May 22, 2019 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | May 22, 2019 |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Original | May 22, 2019 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | May 22, 2019 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | May 22, 2019 |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Original | May 22, 2019 |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Jun 4, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Jun 4, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Jun 4, 2019 | |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | Jun 5, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Jun 11, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Jun 11, 2019 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jun 13, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Jun 13, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Jun 13, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Jun 13, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Jun 19, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Harley Rouda | Jun 19, 2019 | |
| D-IA | Cynthia Axne | Jun 25, 2019 | |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Jun 25, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Denny Heck | Jun 25, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Jun 25, 2019 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Jun 25, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Stephanie N. Murphy | Jun 25, 2019 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Jul 17, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Aug 16, 2019 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Aug 16, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Mucarsel-Powell | Aug 16, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Donna E. Shalala | Aug 16, 2019 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Aug 16, 2019 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Aug 16, 2019 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Aug 16, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Sep 18, 2019 | |
| R-NY | Chris Collins | Sep 18, 2019 | |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Sep 18, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Sep 24, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Oct 15, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Oct 15, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Dec 9, 2019 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Jan 7, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jan 7, 2020 | |
| R-TX | Kay Granger | Jan 7, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Jan 7, 2020 | |
| R-FL | Michael Waltz | Jan 15, 2020 | |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Jan 24, 2020 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Jan 24, 2020 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Jan 24, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Tj Cox | Jan 24, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Jan 24, 2020 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Jan 29, 2020 | |
| R-PA | Fred Keller | Jan 29, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Jan 29, 2020 | |
| R-PA | Scott Perry | Jan 29, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Feb 11, 2020 | |
| R-TX | Lance Gooden | Feb 11, 2020 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Feb 21, 2020 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Feb 21, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Feb 21, 2020 | |
| R-FL | Vern Buchanan | Feb 21, 2020 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Feb 28, 2020 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Feb 28, 2020 | |
| R-PA | Guy Reschenthaler | Aug 11, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Aug 11, 2020 | |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Aug 11, 2020 | |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Aug 11, 2020 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Sep 14, 2020 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Sep 14, 2020 |
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 May 22, 2019 |
| Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee | Referred Jun 21, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 21, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
- May 22, 2019Introduced in House
- May 22, 2019Referred 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 86, May 22, 2019, page H4120.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5244 | AFTER Act of 2021 | Reintroduced Bill | Oct 5, 2021 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Animal Welfare Act to allow for the adoption or non-laboratory placement of certain animals used in Federal research, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- AFTER Act of 2019
- Animal Freedom from Testing, Experiments, and Research Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Animals.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 22, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
