HRES 208
113th 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…
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
May 22, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit.
May 8, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
May 8, 2013
Introduced in House
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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.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit.
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Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
32
D
Cleaver, Emanuel
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Gabbard, Tulsi
D
Clark, Katherine M.
CAPUANO, MICHAEL
D
Carson, André
D
Nadler, Jerrold
LOWEY, NITA
D
Cohen, Steve
Shea-Porter, Carol
D
Beatty, Joyce
D
Himes, James A.
SLAUGHTER, LOUISE
D
Huffman, Jared
D
Chu, Judy
D
Schiff, Adam B.
D
McGovern, James P.
Polis, Jared
CUMMINGS, ELIJAH
D
McCollum, Betty
BRADY, ROBERT
Tsongas, Niki
D
Lofgren, Zoe
D
Peters, Scott H.
D
Quigley, Mike
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
D
Titus, Dina
D
Wilson, Frederica S.
D
Keating, William R.
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
SANCHEZ, LORETTA
D
Smith, Adam
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 208: 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.. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HRES-208/
"H. Res. 208: 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.." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HRES-208/.
H. Res. 208, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HRES-208/.
[H. Res. 208: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HRES-208/)