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S 1710 113th Congress Senate Transportation and Public Works Administrative law and regulatory procedures Animal protection and human-animal relationships Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises Mammals National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) Railroads User charges and fees

Pets on Trains Act of 2013

Introduced: November 14, 2013 Introduced by: Whitehouse, Sheldon Democratic · Rhode Island See on congress.gov
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Nov 14, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Nov 14, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Pets on Trains Act of 2013 - Directs the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) to propose a pet policy that allows passengers to transport domesticated cats or dogs on certain Amtrak trains.

Requires Amtrak to collect a fee for each cat or dog transported by a ticketed passenger to cover administrative costs.

Declares that the proposed policy shall be separate from and in addition to the policy governing Amtrak passengers traveling with service animals.

What's happening now November 14, 2013

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 5449 Related bill Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2014
  • HR 2066 Identical bill Pets on Trains Act of 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1710: Pets on Trains Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1710/
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"S. 1710: Pets on Trains Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1710/.
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S. 1710, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1710/.
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