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HR 1619 104th Congress House Housing and Community Development Animals Disabled Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to housing Housing for the aged Housing for the handicapped Landlord and tenant Low-income housing Pets Public housing Rental housing Social Welfare

National Senior Citizens Pet Ownership Protection Act

Introduced: May 11, 1995 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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May 19, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
May 11, 1995
Introduced in House
May 11, 1995
Referred to the House Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

National Senior Citizens Pet Ownership Protection Act - Amends the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 to prohibit owners and managers of federally assisted rental housing from preventing elderly and disabled tenants from owning or having household pets.

What's happening now May 19, 1995

Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 15
All 15 Democratic 10 Republican 4 Independent 1
D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Sep 26, 1996
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Apr 25, 1996
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Mar 5, 1996
 R
Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Dec 7, 1995
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Nov 20, 1995
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Nov 13, 1995
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Nov 7, 1995
 R
Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Oct 26, 1995
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Oct 26, 1995
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Sep 6, 1995
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Jul 31, 1995
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Jun 27, 1995
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jun 27, 1995
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jun 21, 1995
 D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Jun 21, 1995
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1619: National Senior Citizens Pet Ownership Protection Act. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-1619/
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"H.R. 1619: National Senior Citizens Pet Ownership Protection Act." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-1619/.
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H.R. 1619, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-1619/.
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