3.0.0 1155 2022-11-01T16:02:56Z 2022-11-01T16:02:56Z House HR 2019-02-13 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 173 (Thursday, October 31, 2019)][House][Pages H8720-H8721]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. WEXTON:H.R. 4971.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, clause 7By Miss. RICE of New York:H.R. 4972.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8ADDITIONAL SPONSORSUnder clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills andresolutions, as follows:H.R. 3: Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. Stevens, Mr.Perlmutter, and Ms. Davids of Kansas.H.R. 35: Mr. Neguse.H.R. 40: Ms. DeGette.H.R. 180: Mr. Thompson of Mississippi.H.R. 230: Mr. Lewis.H.R. 566: Mr. Suozzi.H.R. 838: Mr. Meeks and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky.H.R. 849: Mr. Langevin and Mr. Casten of Illinois.H.R. 935: Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania and Mr.Rogers ofKentucky.H.R. 1043: Mr. Cunningham and Mr. Johnson of Ohio.H.R. 1049: Mr. Lynch.H.R. 1092: Mr. Raskin.H.R. 1110: Mr. Wright.H.R. 1133: Ms. Ocasio-Cortez.H.R. 1155: Mr. Pence.H.R. 1171: Mr. Meeks.H.R. 1175: Mr. Richmond.H.R. 1188: Mr. Doggett.H.R. 1254: Ms. Wexton.H.R. 1257: Mr. Rutherford.H.R. 1289: Ms. Matsui.H.R. 1309: Mr. Richmond and Mr. Bishop of Georgia.H.R. 1367: Mr. Johnson of Georgia and Mr. Levin ofMichigan.H.R. 1383: Mr. Olson.H.R. 1418: Mr. Schrader.H.R. 1468: Mr. Grijalva.H.R. 1498: Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Perlmutter, Ms. Scanlon, Ms.Dean, and Mr. Grijalva.H.R. 1528: Mr. Trone.H.R. 1652: Mr. Schrader, Mrs. Axne, Mr. Correa, Mr.Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Evans, and Ms. Velazquez.H.R. 1673: Mr. Harris.H.R. 1680: Ms. Scanlon, Mr. Womack, Mr. Ferguson, and Mr.Byrne.H.R. 1705: Mrs. Lawrence.H.R. 1748: Mr. Sherman, Mr. Crow, Mr. Visclosky, Mr.Stauber, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms.Torres Small of New Mexico, and Mr. Keating.H.R. 1754: Mr. Lynch, Mrs. Luria, Mr. Kind, Ms. Bass, andMr. Larson of Connecticut.H.R. 1765: Mr. McKinley.H.R. 1777: Ms. Meng.H.R. 1923: Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Serrano, Mr.Welch, Mr. Lowenthal, and Ms. Garcia of Texas.H.R. 2051: Mr. Suozzi.H.R. 2075: Ms. Mucarsel-Powell.H.R. 2086: Mrs. Luria.H.R. 2117: Mr. Joyce of Ohio.H.R. 2147: Mr. Kildee, Ms. Moore, Mrs. Luria, Mr.Gottheimer, and Mr. Calvert.H.R. 2210: Mr. Soto.H.R. 2222: Mr. Smith of Nebraska.H.R. 2235: Mr. Crawford, Mr. Payne, Ms. Norton, Mr. Lynch,and Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania.H.R. 2279: Miss Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico, Mr.Grothman, Mr. Rush, Mr. Neguse, and Mr. Kennedy.H.R. 2283: Mr. Lewis.H.R. 2301: Mr. Bacon.H.R. 2411: Ms. Spanberger and Mr. Comer.H.R. 2433: Mr. Sires.H.R. 2498: Ms. Sewell of Alabama.H.R. 2501: Mr. Soto.H.R. 2521: Mr. Soto, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Bucshon,Ms. Norton, and Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois.H.R. 2584: Mr. Olson and Mr. Hice of Georgia.H.R. 2645: Ms. Jackson Lee.H.R. 2653: Mrs. Axne.H.R. 2656: Ms. Slotkin.H.R. 2668: Mr. Young and Ms. Finkenauer.H.R. 2693: Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Holding, Mr. Smith ofMissouri, and Mr. Arrington.H.R. 2746: Miss Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico.H.R. 2747: Ms. Speier and Mr. Michael F. Doyle ofPennsylvania.H.R. 2788: Mr. Amodei.H.R. 2802: Ms. Finkenauer and Ms. Schakowsky.H.R. 2825: Mrs. Walorski.H.R. 2862: Mr. Balderson.H.R. 2867: Ms. Brownley of California.H.R. 2985: Mr. Nunes and Mr. Rouda.H.R. 2986: Mr. Lewis and Mr. Blumenauer.H.R. 2990: Mr. Hice of Georgia, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Norman, Ms.Stevens, and Mr. Davidson of Ohio.H.R. 3048: Mr. Smith of Missouri.H.R. 3062: Mr. Johnson of Ohio.H.R. 3080: Mr. Brindisi and Ms. Waters.H.R. 3127: Mr. Welch and Mr. Smith of Nebraska.H.R. 3138: Mr. Norcross.H.R. 3155: Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Waltz, Mr.Hollingsworth, Mr. Perry, Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mr. Hurd ofTexas, Mrs. Roby, Mr. Stauber, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Katko, Ms.Stefanik, Mr. Reed, Mr. Pence, Mr[...]]]> hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr03 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2019-03-01T16:31:49Z Referred to 2019-02-13T15:02:50Z 2019-03-01 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2019-02-13 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2019-02-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-02-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress T000468 Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] Dina Titus D NV 1 N M001199 Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-18] Brian Mast R FL J. 18 2019-02-13 True L000582 Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33] Ted Lieu D CA 33 2019-02-13 True Z000017 Rep. Zeldin, Lee M. [R-NY-1] Lee Zeldin R NY M. 1 2019-02-13 True W000813 Rep. Walorski, Jackie [R-IN-2] Jackie Walorski R IN 2 2019-02-13 True G000578 Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1] Matt Gaetz R FL 1 2019-02-13 True B001296 Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2] Brendan Boyle D PA F. 2 2019-02-13 True C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2019-02-13 True K000382 Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] Ann Kuster D NH M. 2 2019-02-13 True B001260 Rep. 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Gonzalez, Anthony [R-OH-16] Anthony Gonzalez R OH 16 2019-02-25 False 2019-03-05 M001163 Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6] Doris Matsui D CA O. 6 2019-02-25 False S001208 Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-8] Elissa Slotkin D MI 8 2019-02-28 False M001196 Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] Seth Moulton D MA 6 2019-02-28 False S001206 Rep. Shalala, Donna E. [D-FL-27] Donna Shalala D FL E. 27 2019-02-28 False H001080 Rep. Haaland, Debra A. [D-NM-1] Debra Haaland D NM A. 1 2019-02-28 False C001066 Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] Kathy Castor D FL 14 2019-02-28 False C001124 Rep. Cox, TJ [D-CA-21] TJ Cox D CA 21 2019-03-04 False C001072 Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7] Andre Carson D IN 7 2019-03-05 False K000394 Rep. Kim, Andy [D-NJ-3] Andy Kim D NJ 3 2019-03-07 False D000630 Rep. Delgado, Antonio [D-NY-19] Antonio Delgado D NY 19 2019-03-07 False L000397 Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19] ZOE LOFGREN D CA 19 2019-03-13 False T000470 Rep. Tipton, Scott R. [R-CO-3] Scott Tipton R CO R. 3 2019-03-21 False C001117 Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6] Sean Casten D IL 6 2019-03-21 False D000482 Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-18] MIKE DOYLE D PA 18 2019-03-21 False L000591 Rep. Luria, Elaine G. [D-VA-2] Elaine Luria D VA G. 2 2019-04-08 False M001203 Rep. Malinowski, Tom [D-NJ-7] Tom Malinowski D NJ 7 2019-04-08 False B000490 Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2] SANFORD BISHOP D GA D. 2 2019-04-09 False C001123 Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray, Jr. [D-CA-39] Gilbert Cisneros D CA Ray 39 2019-04-12 False S001150 Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28] ADAM SCHIFF D CA B. 28 2019-04-18 False L000562 Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] Stephen Lynch D MA F. 8 2019-04-30 False S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 2019-04-30 False A000378 Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3] Cynthia Axne D IA 3 2019-04-30 False G000585 Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34] Jimmy Gomez D CA 34 2019-04-30 False B001303 Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large] Lisa Blunt Rochester D DE 0 2019-04-30 False P000597 Rep. 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Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] Matt Cartwright D PA 8 2019-06-10 False C001110 Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46] J. Correa D CA Luis 46 2019-06-10 False L000592 Rep. Levin, Andy [D-MI-9] Andy Levin D MI 9 2019-06-12 False P000614 Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1] Chris Pappas D NH 1 2019-06-25 False S001207 Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11] Mikie Sherrill D NJ 11 2019-06-27 False P000604 Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] Donald Payne D NJ M. 10 2019-07-02 False D000617 Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] Suzan DelBene D WA K. 1 2019-07-18 False B001300 Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] Nanette Barragan D CA Diaz 44 2019-08-30 False H001090 Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10] Josh Harder D CA 10 2019-09-06 False L000581 Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14] Brenda Lawrence D MI L. 14 2019-10-15 False D000624 Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12] Debbie Dingell D MI 12 2019-10-18 False P000615 Rep. Pence, Greg [R-IN-6] Greg Pence R IN 6 2019-10-31 False R000588 Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2] Cedric Richmond D LA L. 2 2019-12-04 False N000002 Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10] JERROLD NADLER D NY 10 2019-12-18 False L000287 Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] JOHN LEWIS D GA 5 2020-02-03 False N000179 Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32] GRACE NAPOLITANO D CA F. 32 2020-06-11 False G000586 Rep. Garcia, Jesus G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] Jesus Garcia D IL G. 4 2020-08-11 False D000096 Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] DANNY DAVIS D IL K. 7 2020-11-05 False F000466 Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] Brian Fitzpatrick R PA K. 1 2020-11-05 False T000483 Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6] David Trone D MD J. 6 2020-12-04 False N000015 Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1] RICHARD NEAL D MA E. 1 2020-12-04 False Armed Forces and National Security Animal protection and human-animal relationships Mammals Medical research Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2019-02-13 Introduced in House 2020-03-23T11:07:13Z Preventing Unkind and Painful Procedures and Experiments on Respected Species Act of 2019 or the PUPPERS Act of 2019

This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs, in carrying out research within the Veterans Health Administration, from purchasing, breeding, transporting, housing, feeding, maintaining, disposing of, or experimenting on dogs as part of the conduct of any study that causes significant pain or distress.

]]> PUPPERS Act of 2019 Display Title PUPPERS Act of 2019 Official Title as Introduced To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from conducting medical research causing significant pain or distress to dogs. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced PUPPERS Act of 2019 Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Preventing Unkind and Painful Procedures and Experiments on Respected Species Act of 2019 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr1155ih/xml/BILLS-116hr1155ih.xml 2019-03-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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.