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HR 5267 113th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Animal protection and human-animal relationships Assault and harassment offenses Crime victims Crimes against animals and natural resources Crimes against women Domestic violence and child abuse Homelessness and emergency shelter Sex offenses Veterinary medicine and animal diseases Violent crime

Pet and Women Safety Act of 2014

Introduced: September 18, 2014 Introduced by: Clark, Katherine M. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 26, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Sep 22, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit.
Jul 30, 2014
Introduced in House
Jul 30, 2014
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Pet and Women Safety Act of 2014 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit threats or acts of violence against a person's pet under the offenses of stalking and interstate violation of a protection order. Defines "pet" to mean a domesticated animal that is kept for pleasure rather than for commercial purposes.

Requires the "full amount of the victim's losses" for purposes of restitution in domestic violence and stalking offenses to include any costs incurred for veterinary services relating to physical care for the victim's pet.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to award grants to eligible entities to carry out programs to provide specified housing assistance, support services, and training of relevant stakeholders to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and their pets.

Expresses the sense of Congress that states should encourage the inclusion of protections against violent or threatening acts against the pet of the person in domestic violence protection orders.

What's happening now September 26, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 54
All 54 Democratic 20 Republican 1
D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Dec 16, 2014
CROWLEY, JOSEPH
· Dec 9, 2014
RYAN, TIM
· Dec 9, 2014
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Dec 4, 2014
 D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Dec 1, 2014
 R
Joyce, David P.
Ohio · Dec 1, 2014
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Nov 20, 2014
Davis, Rodney
· Nov 18, 2014
Meehan, Patrick
· Nov 18, 2014
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Nov 17, 2014
Blumenauer, Earl
· Nov 12, 2014
CAPPS, LOIS
· Nov 12, 2014
 D
Connolly, Gerald E.
Virginia · Nov 12, 2014
DEFAZIO, PETER
· Nov 12, 2014
HASTINGS, ALCEE
· Nov 12, 2014
ISRAEL, STEVE
· Nov 12, 2014
Kilmer, Derek
· Nov 12, 2014
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Nov 12, 2014
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Nov 12, 2014
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Nov 12, 2014
ROYBAL-ALLARD, LUCILLE
· Nov 12, 2014
Speier, Jackie
· Nov 12, 2014
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Nov 12, 2014
Barletta, Lou
· Sep 18, 2014
Bishop, Timothy
· Sep 18, 2014
CAPUANO, MICHAEL
· Sep 18, 2014
FARR, SAM
· Sep 18, 2014
Gerlach, Jim
· Sep 18, 2014
 D
Grijalva, Raúl M.
Arizona · Sep 18, 2014
 D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Sep 18, 2014
Kennedy, Joseph
· Sep 18, 2014
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Sep 18, 2014
MCDERMOTT, JIM
· Sep 18, 2014
McNerney, Jerry
· Sep 18, 2014
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Sep 18, 2014
O'Rourke, Beto
· Sep 18, 2014
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Sep 18, 2014
Polis, Jared
· Sep 18, 2014
Sinema, Kyrsten
· Sep 18, 2014
TIERNEY, JOHN
· Sep 18, 2014
Tsongas, Niki
· Sep 18, 2014
WHITFIELD, EDWARD
· Sep 18, 2014
Deutch, Theodore
· Sep 15, 2014
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Sep 15, 2014
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Sep 15, 2014
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Sep 15, 2014
Cárdenas, Tony
· Sep 11, 2014
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Sep 11, 2014
HONDA, MICHAEL
· Sep 11, 2014
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Sep 11, 2014
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