Keeping Pets and Families Together Act

3.0.0 3709 2025-05-27T14:16:16Z 2025-05-27T14:16:16Z House H HR 2023-05-25 118 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 89 (Thursday, May 25, 2023)][House][Pages H2640-H2641]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. LIEU:H.R. 3709.[[Page H2641]]Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:U.S. Const., Art. 1, Sec. 8The single subject of this legislation is:Animal welfare</pre> hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag29 Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee Referred to 2023-06-23T18:50:00Z Referred To 2023-05-25T13:00:20Z 2023-06-23 hsag29 Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. Committee 2023-05-25 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2023-05-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-05-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000582 Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] Ted Lieu D CA 36 N T000481 Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] Rashida Tlaib D MI 12 2023-05-25 True M001217 Rep. Moskowitz, Jared [D-FL-23] Jared Moskowitz D FL 23 2023-05-25 True T000487 Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2] Jill Tokuda D HI N. 2 2023-06-06 False N000194 Rep. Nickel, Wiley [D-NC-13] Wiley Nickel D NC 13 2023-10-24 False G000583 Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] Josh Gottheimer D NJ 5 2023-11-14 False Animals Animal protection and human-animal relationships 2023-07-10T15:00:35Z Mammals 2023-07-10T15:00:35Z Animals 2023-06-22T13:30:23Z

00 2023-05-25 Introduced in House 2024-08-21T21:48:08Z <html><body>Keeping Pets and Families Together Act This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a program to support microchipping of dogs and cats in the care of pounds or shelters. Under the program, USDA must enter into cooperative agreements with state and local governments to support the capability of pounds or shelters to provide for microchipping of dogs and cats in their care before allowing them to be recovered by their owners, adopted by other individuals, or transferred to another shelter or rescue organization.</body></html>

Keeping Pets and Families Together Act Display Title 45 Keeping Pets and Families Together Act 2024-07-24T15:21:54Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Keeping Pets and Families Together Act 2024-05-24T13:39:27Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To amend the Animal Welfare Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into cooperative agreements to support the microchipping of dogs and cats in the care of animal shelters or similar establishments, and for other purposes. 2024-03-18T20:53:48Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr3709ih/xml/BILLS-118hr3709ih.xml 2023-06-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. 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.