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H.R. 1406: Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act of 2017

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H.R. 1406: Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-03-07 · Animals · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-03-07 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act of 2017

Plain summary

Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act of 2017 This bill amends the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit people from knowingly slaughtering a dog or cat for human consumption. In addition, the bill prohibits people from knowingly transporting, possessing, buying, selling, or donating: (1) a dog or cat to be slaughtered for human consumption, or (2) dog or cat parts for human consumption. The bill subjects a violator to imprisonment for up to a year, a fine, or both. The bill applies to conduct in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States.

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Official text

Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] · 246 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Darren Soto (D-FL), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Peter Welch (D-VT), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Norma J. Torres (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), William R. Keating (D-MA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Ted Lieu (D-CA), John H. Rutherford (R-FL), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Mark Takano (D-CA) and 186 more.

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A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Jurisdiction
The area or the matters a government or court has authority over.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr1406 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115