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HR 674 114th Congress House 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 2015

Introduced: February 3, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Feb 4, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Feb 3, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Feb 3, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Pets on Trains Act of 2015

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 February 4, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1087 Identical bill Pets on Trains Act of 2015
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 16
All 16 Democratic 10 Republican 3
D
Chu, Judy
California · Oct 23, 2015
Curbelo, Carlos
· Oct 8, 2015
 D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Feb 25, 2015
MacArthur, Thomas
· Feb 25, 2015
 R
McClintock, Tom
California · Feb 5, 2015
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Feb 5, 2015
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Feb 5, 2015
 R
Amodei, Mark E.
Nevada · Feb 3, 2015
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Feb 3, 2015
Costello, Ryan
· Feb 3, 2015
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Feb 3, 2015
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 3, 2015
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Feb 3, 2015
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Feb 3, 2015
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Feb 3, 2015
 R
Valadao, David G.
California · Feb 3, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 674: Pets on Trains Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-674/
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"H.R. 674: Pets on Trains Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-674/.
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H.R. 674, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-674/.
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