3.0.0 3519 2019-11-15T21:45:00Z 2019-11-15T21:45:00Z Senate S S 2008-09-18 110 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-09-18T21:18:30Z Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act 110 6949 HR 2008-11-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. Identical bill CRS 2008-09-18 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9032) IntroReferral 2008-09-18 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9031-9032) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2008-09-18 True M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2008-09-18 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2008-09-18 True Animals Commerce Dogs Law Licenses Pets Protection of animals Retail trade Standards Animals 00 2008-09-18 Introduced in Senate 2008-12-16T16:36:19Z Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to define "retail pet store" as a person that: (1) sells an animal directly to the public for use as a pet; and (2) does not breed or raise more than 50 dogs for use as pets during any one-year period.

Exempts from requirements to obtain a license as an animal dealer or exhibitor under such Act any retail pet store or other person who: (1) does not breed or raise more than 50 dogs for use as pets during any one-year period; and (2) derives less than a substantial portion of their income from the breeding and raising of dogs or cats on their own premises and sells such dogs or cats to a dealer or research facility.

Requires: (1) a dealer to provide each dog it holds that is 12 weeks or older with a minimum of two exercise periods during each day for a total of no less than one hour of exercise; (2) such exercise to include removing the dog from the dog's primary enclosure and allowing the dog to walk for the entire exercise period; and (3) such exercise to not include use of a treadmill, catmill, jenny mill, slat mill, or similar device, unless prescribed by a doctor of veterinary medicine.

]]> Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act Short Titles as Introduced Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act Display Title Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to provide further protection for puppies. Introduced in Senate 2008-09-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3519is/xml/BILLS-110s3519is.xml 2008-09-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9032) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.