To amend the Animal Welfare Act to increase enforcement with respect to violations of that Act, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Jan 4, 2022 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.
- IntroducedDec 1, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill revises enforcement provisions under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), including by directing inspectors to confiscate or destroy in a humane manner animals found to be suffering physical or psychological harm as a result of failure to comply with the AWA.
Cosponsors 85
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 1, 2021 to Dec 14, 2022; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| R-NY | Nicole Malliotakis | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| R-FL | Vern Buchanan | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Dec 7, 2021 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Dec 7, 2021 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Dec 7, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Dec 7, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Dec 8, 2021 | |
| R-NY | Andrew R. Garbarino | Dec 9, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Dec 9, 2021 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Dec 9, 2021 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Dec 9, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Dec 9, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Dec 9, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Dec 9, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Dec 9, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Dec 13, 2021 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Dec 13, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Dec 13, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Dec 13, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Dec 16, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Dec 16, 2021 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Dec 16, 2021 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Dec 20, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Jan 6, 2022 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Jan 6, 2022 | |
| D-CO | Jason Crow | Jan 11, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Jan 11, 2022 | |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Jan 14, 2022 | |
| D-VA | A. Donald McEachin | Jan 18, 2022 | |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Jan 18, 2022 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Jan 25, 2022 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Feb 7, 2022 | |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Feb 25, 2022 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Apr 6, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Apr 6, 2022 | |
| D-GA | Carolyn Bourdeaux | Apr 6, 2022 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Apr 6, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Apr 6, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Apr 6, 2022 | |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Apr 6, 2022 | |
| R-SC | Nancy Mace | Apr 6, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | Apr 21, 2022 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | May 3, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Antonio Delgado | May 3, 2022 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | May 3, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | May 3, 2022 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | May 3, 2022 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | May 3, 2022 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | May 6, 2022 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | May 6, 2022 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | May 6, 2022 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | May 6, 2022 | |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | May 10, 2022 | |
| R-AZ | David Schweikert | May 19, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Marie Newman | May 19, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | May 19, 2022 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | May 24, 2022 | |
| R-FL | Carlos A. Gimenez | Jun 3, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Jun 3, 2022 | |
| R-CO | Ken Buck | Jun 3, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Jun 15, 2022 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Jul 11, 2022 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jul 11, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Jul 11, 2022 | |
| D-AZ | Tom O'Halleran | Jul 27, 2022 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Aug 12, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Aug 12, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Aug 12, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Tom Malinowski | Aug 12, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Aug 12, 2022 | |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Sep 21, 2022 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Sep 21, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Sep 28, 2022 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Oct 4, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Oct 4, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Oct 18, 2022 | |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Dec 14, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Dec 14, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Dec 14, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Dec 14, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Dec 14, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Dec 14, 2022 |
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 Dec 1, 2021 |
| Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee | Referred Jan 4, 2022 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 4, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
- Dec 1, 2021Introduced in House
- Dec 1, 2021Referred 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. 167, no. 207, December 1, 2021, page H6859.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R47179 | The Animal Welfare Act: Background and Selected Issues | Report | Feb 8, 2023 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Animal Welfare Act to increase enforcement with respect to violations of that Act, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Animals.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 1, 2021Introduced 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.
