US Congress House Bill 4691 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 138-28-1)
Status: Introduced on December 20 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-01-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

WOOF! Act Welfare of Our Friends Act of 2017 This bill amends the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit the Department of Agriculture (USDA) from licensing a dealer of dogs whose previous licenses have been suspended or revoked in the last 10 years if the license is for operating a facility that the dealer previously used. Further, USDA may not issue or renew a license to: (1) the dog dealer's immediate family members, (2) a person who resides at the same address as the dog dealer, or (3) certain legal entities if such dealer holds an ownership interest in the entity.

WOOF! Act Welfare of Our Friends Act of 2017

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon [R-PR]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Ryan Costello [R-PA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]	Rep. Thomas MacArthur [R-NJ]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Mike Bishop [R-MI]	Rep. Matt Gaetz [R-FL]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]
Rep. David Young [R-IA]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]
Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]
Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]
Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]
Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]
Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]
Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]
Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]
Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Edward Royce [R-CA]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]
Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]
Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. David Reichert [R-WA]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]
Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Conor Lamb [D-PA]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Brian Mast [R-FL]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]
Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]
Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. John Katko [R-NY]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Stephanie Murphy [D-FL]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]
Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]
Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Jeff Denham [R-CA]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]
Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]
Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Carlos Curbelo [R-FL]	Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]	Rep. Donald McEachin [D-VA]
Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]
Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]	Rep. Ruben Kihuen [D-NV]
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]
Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]
Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]
Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-24	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
2017-12-20	House	Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
2017-12-20	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4691/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr4691/BILLS-115hr4691ih.pdf