HRES 736
112th Congress
House
Animals
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
State and local government operations
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases
Expressing opposition to the use of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, nitrous oxide, argon, or other gases to euthanize shelter animals and support for State laws that require the use of the more humane euthanasia by injection method.
Introduced: July 19, 2012
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 13, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Jul 19, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Jul 19, 2012
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Expresses: (1) disapproval of the use of gas chambers to euthanize shelter animals, and (2) support for the enactment of state laws requiring the use of euthanasia by injection with sodium pentobarbital as the standard method of euthanasia for all animal shelters.
Encourages states to allow licensed shelters to purchase necessary euthanasia drugs, subject to appropriate training and certification.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
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