3.0.0 4757 2023-01-11T13:44:40Z 2023-01-11T13:44:40Z Senate S 2020-09-29 116 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-09-29T23:17:16Z Puppy Protection Act of 2019 116 2442 HR 2019-05-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture. Related bill CRS 2020-09-29 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S5897) IntroReferral 2020-09-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2020-10-01 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2020-10-01 False D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2020-10-05 False S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2020-10-21 False V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2020-10-21 False H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2020-10-21 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2020-10-21 False P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2020-10-21 False M001197 Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ] Martha McSally R AZ 2020-10-21 False B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2020-10-21 False C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2020-10-21 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2020-10-26 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2020-10-26 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2020-11-09 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2020-11-09 False C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2020-11-17 False L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2020-11-17 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2020-11-17 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2020-12-03 False R000608 Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] Jacklyn Rosen D NV 2020-12-03 False H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2020-12-03 False S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2020-12-11 False W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2020-12-15 False R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2020-12-17 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2020-12-17 False H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2020-12-17 False K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2020-12-21 False H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2020-12-21 False B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2020-12-21 False C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2021-01-01 False Animals Animal protection and human-animal relationships Mammals Veterinary medicine and animal diseases Animals 00 2020-09-29 Introduced in Senate 2021-01-11T21:01:44Z Puppy Protection Act of 2020

This bill 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 2020 Display Title Puppy Protection Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Puppy Protection Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to establish additional requirements for dealers, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4757is/xml/BILLS-116s4757is.xml 2020-09-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S5897) 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.