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H.R. 3335: Greyhound Protection Act of 2021

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H.R. 3335: Greyhound Protection Act of 2021

117th Congress · introduced 2021-05-19 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-05-19 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] · 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 Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Greyhound Protection Act of 2021

Plain summary

Greyhound Protection Act of 2021 This bill modifies the federal criminal statute commonly known as the Wire Act. Currently, the Wire Act contains four prohibitions on the use of a wire transmission facility (e.g., the telephone or internet) for certain gambling activities. All four prohibitions apply to sports gambling. However, there have been conflicting interpretations of the applicability of the prohibitions to nonsports gambling (e.g., state lotteries). This bill amends the Wire Act to expressly state that the statute does not authorize the use of wire communications to gamble on commercial greyhound racing or permit the transport of animals for commercial dog racing or related activities.

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Official text

Greyhound Protection Act of 2021

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] · 104 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Steve Cohen (D-TN), Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Young Kim (R-CA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM), Jason Crow (D-CO), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Mark Takano (D-CA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL) and 44 more.

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Statute
A written law passed by a legislature. A statute can be changed by a later law; changing a constitution needs an amendment.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr3335 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117