US Congress House Bill 2442 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 190-8)
Status: Introduced on May 1 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-05-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the Department of Agriculture to expand standards that govern the humane handling, care, treatment, and transportation of animals to include new requirements for commercial dog dealers. Specifically, the standards must require dog dealers to provide to dogs adequate housing, exercise, and veterinary care; appropriate and nutritious food; continuous access to potable water; and meaningful socialization with humans and compatible dogs for at least 30 minutes each day. The standards must also include requirements for breeders to use safe breeding practices and make all reasonable efforts to find humane placement for retired breeding dogs.

Puppy Protection Act of 2019

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]	Rep. Guy Reschenthaler [R-PA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Donna Shalala [D-FL]	Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Elissa Slotkin [D-MI]	Rep. Lauren Underwood [D-IL]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Harley Rouda [D-CA]
Rep. Gil Cisneros [D-CA]	Rep. Katie Hill [D-CA]	Rep. Andy Kim [D-NJ]	Rep. Christopher Pappas [D-NH]
Rep. Anthony Brindisi [D-NY]	Rep. Cindy Axne [D-IA]	Rep. Conor Lamb [D-PA]	Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]
Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Tom Malinowski [D-NJ]
Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]
Rep. David Trone [D-MD]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Josh Harder [D-CA]
Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Dean Phillips [D-MN]	Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]
Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]	Rep. Antonio Delgado [D-NY]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]
Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]
Rep. Rebecca Sherrill [D-NJ]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Jason Crow [D-CO]
Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Lucy McBath [D-GA]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]
Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]
Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]
Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]	Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI]	Rep. Elaine Luria [D-VA]
Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]
Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]	Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]
Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Stephanie Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]
Rep. Mike Levin [D-CA]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]	Rep. Colin Allred [D-TX]
Rep. Andy Levin [D-MI]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Max Rose [D-NY]
Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]
Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]	Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Veronica Escobar [D-TX]	Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Abby Finkenauer [D-IA]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. Chrissy Houlahan [D-PA]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]
Rep. Katie Porter [D-CA]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]	Rep. Jesus Garcia [D-IL]
Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Donald McEachin [D-VA]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]
Rep. Ben McAdams [D-UT]	Rep. Haley Stevens [D-MI]	Rep. Jennifer Wexton [D-VA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]
Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]
Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]
Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell [D-FL]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]
Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Joseph Morelle [D-NY]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Abigail Spanberger [D-VA]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]
Rep. John Katko [R-NY]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Greg Stanton [D-AZ]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]
Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Sean Casten [D-IL]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]
Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Elizabeth Fletcher [D-TX]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Suzanne Lee [D-NV]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]
Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Joe Cunningham [D-SC]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]
Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Michael Waltz [R-FL]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
2019-05-01	House	Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
2019-05-01	House	Introduced in House

SB4757 (Related) 2020-09-29 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S5897)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2442/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2442/BILLS-116hr2442ih.pdf