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H.R. 1002: WOOF! Act

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H.R. 1002: WOOF! Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-02-06 · Animals · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-02-06 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] · 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.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

WOOF! Act

Plain summary

Welfare of Our Friends Act of 2019 or the WOOF! Act This bill establishes requirements to protect dogs from dog dealers who have had their licenses suspended or revoked in the last 10 years and certain individuals connected to such dog dealers. Specifically, the bill prohibits the Department of Agriculture (USDA) from licensing such a dealer if the license is for operating a facility that the dealer previously used for dogs. Further, for such a facility, USDA may not license (1) the dealer's immediate family members, (2) persons who reside at the same address as the dealer, or (3) certain legal entities where the dealer holds an ownership interest.

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Official text

WOOF! Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] · 224 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Glenn Thompson (R-PA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), James A. Himes (D-CT), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Jason Crow (D-CO), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) and 164 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] reported raising $8.0 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr1002 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116