HCONRES 59 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Urging all countries to outlaw the dog and cat meat trade and to enforce existing laws against such trade.

Introduced Jul 20, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Jared Moskowitz D-FL

Fact sheet

Latest action · Aug 21, 2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.

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 concurrent resolution must be agreed to by both chambers, but it is not presented to the President and does not become law.

  1. IntroducedJul 20, 2023
  2. Agreed to in HouseNot reached
  3. Agreed to in SenateNot reached

Summary

This concurrent resolution calls for an end to the consumption and trade of dog and cat meat and urges nations to adopt and enforce laws banning that trade.

    Cosponsors 16

    Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 20, 2023 to Feb 5, 2024, with 11 there on the day it was introduced.

    SeatCosponsorSigned on
    R-FLBill PoseyOriginalJul 20, 2023
    R-PABrian K. FitzpatrickOriginalJul 20, 2023
    D-MIDebbie DingellOriginalJul 20, 2023
    D-NVDina TitusOriginalJul 20, 2023
    D-CAEric SwalwellOriginalJul 20, 2023
    D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalJul 20, 2023
    R-NJJefferson Van DrewOriginalJul 20, 2023
    D-NJJosh GottheimerOriginalJul 20, 2023
    D-TNSteve CohenOriginalJul 20, 2023
    D-ORSuzanne BonamiciOriginalJul 20, 2023
    R-FLVern BuchananOriginalJul 20, 2023
    D-COJoe NeguseJul 26, 2023
    D-CALinda T. SánchezSep 12, 2023
    D-MNDean PhillipsSep 19, 2023
    D-MAWilliam R. KeatingSep 19, 2023
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    Actions 3

    Everything that happened, newest first.

    1. Aug 21, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
    2. Jul 20, 2023Introduced in House
    3. Jul 20, 2023Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Related bills 1

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

    BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
    SCONRES 16A concurrent resolution urging all countries to outlaw the dog and cat meat trade and to enforce existing laws against such trade.Identical billJul 20, 2023

    Subjects

    Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

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    1. Jul 20, 2023Introduced in House

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