3.0.0 503 2023-01-11T13:35:23Z 2023-01-11T13:35:23Z Senate S 2017-03-02 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-03-02T18:30:57Z Animal Welfare Accountability and Transparency Act 115 1368 HR 2017-03-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture. Identical bill CRS 2017-03-02 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1580; text of measure as introduced: CR S1580-1581) IntroReferral 2017-03-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR N M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2017-03-02 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2017-03-02 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2017-03-02 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2017-03-02 True P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2017-03-02 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2017-10-05 False H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2017-10-30 False B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2018-02-13 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2018-02-28 False Animals Administrative law and regulatory procedures Animal protection and human-animal relationships Business investment and capital Civil actions and liability Department of Agriculture Government information and archives Income tax deductions Judicial review and appeals Licensing and registrations Mammals Animals 00 2017-03-02 Introduced in Senate 2017-05-03T14:05:08Z Animal Welfare Accountability and Transparency Act

This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to maintain and publicly disclose records relating to the administration of the Animal Welfare Act and the Horse Protection Act, including specified details regarding inspections, enforcement actions, regulations, registrations, and licenses under the two laws. Within 90 days of the enactment of this bill, USDA must make the records available to the public in an online searchable database in a machine-readable format on its website.

The bill also amends the Internal Revenue Code to require a taxpayer who has been convicted or assessed civil penalties for violating certain provisions of the Animal Welfare Act or the Horse Protection Act to use the alternative depreciation system that increases the number of years over which property is depreciated. The taxpayer must use the system for any property placed in service during the five-year period beginning with the year in which the period for seeking judicial review of a civil penalty has lapsed or in which there has been a final judgment entered with respect to the violation, whichever is earlier.

]]> Animal Welfare Accountability and Transparency Act Display Title Animal Welfare Accountability and Transparency Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to make publicly available certain regulatory records relating to the administration of the Animal Welfare Act and the Horse Protection Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the use of an alternative depreciation system for taxpayers violating rules under the Animal Welfare Act and the Horse Protection Act, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Animal Welfare Accountability and Transparency Act Introduced in Senate 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s503is/xml/BILLS-115s503is.xml 2017-03-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1580; text of measure as introduced: CR S1580-1581) 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.