Working Dog Health and Welfare Act of 2023
Latest action · Dec 23, 2024 Became Public Law No: 118-195.
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.
- IntroducedJul 20, 2023
- Passed SenateJan 11, 2024
- Passed HouseDec 16, 2024
- To the PresidentDec 23, 2024
- Became lawDec 23, 2024Public Law 118-195
Summary
Working Dog Health and Welfare Act of 2023
This act requires federal agencies with working dog programs, and contractors managing such programs, to implement the recommendations of a Government Accountability Office report titled Working Dogs: Federal Agencies Need to Better Address Health and Welfare and published in October 2022.
Further, the Department of State must take steps to ensure that donations of working dogs provided to foreign partners by the State Department are executed and monitored according to those recommendations.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 20, 2023.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Jul 20, 2023Markup Oct 25, 2023Reported Dec 13, 2023 |
Actions 17
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 23, 2024Presented to President.
- Dec 23, 2024Signed by President.
- Dec 23, 2024Became Public Law No: 118-195.
- Dec 16, 2024Mr. Burlison moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Dec 16, 2024Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7210-7211)
- Dec 16, 2024DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 2414.
- Dec 16, 2024Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7210)
- Dec 16, 2024Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jan 18, 2024Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Jan 18, 2024Received in the House.
- Jan 18, 2024Held at the desk.
- Jan 11, 2024Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S98; text: CR S98)
- Dec 13, 2023Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-137.
- Dec 13, 2023Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 281.
- Oct 25, 2023Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jul 20, 2023Introduced in Senate
- Jul 20, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, 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 H7210, H7211Text printed H7210 | Eric Burlison R-MO, Jamie Raskin D-MD, Rudy Yakym III R-IN | Dec 16, 2024 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S98Text printed S98Amendments S98 | Charles E. Schumer D-NY | Jan 11, 2024 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Nov 8, 2023S. 2414, Working Dog Health and Welfare Act of 2023As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on October 25, 2023
CRS reports 4
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 4
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF12861 | Interest Rate Caps on Credit Cards: Policy Issues | Resource | Mar 10, 2026 |
| IF12283 | The Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Agreement (or High Seas Treaty) | Resource | Jan 20, 2026 |
| IF12769 | Overview of the Truth in Lending Act | Resource | Sep 19, 2024 |
| IF12734 | Rapidly Growing “Buy Now, Pay Later” (BNPL) Financing: Market Developments and Policy Issues Archived | Resource | Aug 8, 2024 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6950 | Working Dog Health and Welfare Act of 2024 | Related bill | Jan 10, 2024 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to require agencies with working dog programs to implement the recommendations of the Government Accountability Office relating to the health and welfare of working dogs, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Working Dog Health and Welfare Act of 2023
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Working Dog Health and Welfare Act of 2023
- Short Title(s) as Passed Senate
- Working Dog Health and Welfare Act of 2023
- Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text
- Working Dog Health and Welfare Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Jan 11, 2024Engrossed in Senate
- Dec 13, 2023Reported to Senate
- Jul 20, 2023Introduced in Senate
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.
