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HR 3197 115th Congress House

PUPPERS Act of 2017

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from conducting medical research causing significant pain or distress to dogs.

Introduced: July 24, 2017 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Animal protection and human-animal relationshipsMammalsMedical researchVeterans' medical care
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Jul 12, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 12, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jul 12, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 12, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Preventing Unkind and Painful Procedures and Experiments on Respected Species Act of 2017 or the PUPPERS Act of 2017

This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs, in carrying out research within the Veterans Health Administration, from purchasing, breeding, transporting, housing, feeding, maintaining, disposing of, or experimenting on dogs as part of the conduct of any study that causes significant pain or distress.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 60
All 60 Democratic 34 Republican 8
D
Aguilar, Pete
California · Dec 10, 2018
 D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Dec 10, 2018
 D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Nov 27, 2018
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Nov 13, 2018
 D
Foster, Bill
Illinois · Oct 26, 2018
GUTIERREZ, LUIS
· Oct 26, 2018
 D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Oct 26, 2018
Kihuen, Ruben
· Oct 26, 2018
 R
Guthrie, Brett
Kentucky · Oct 19, 2018
 D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Sep 26, 2018
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Jun 25, 2018
Meehan, Patrick
· Apr 27, 2018
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Apr 5, 2018
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Mar 23, 2018
 D
Jeffries, Hakeem S.
New York · Mar 13, 2018
ROS-LEHTINEN, ILEANA
· Mar 13, 2018
Trott, David
· Mar 1, 2018
 R
Buchanan, Vern
Florida · Feb 15, 2018
Bordallo, Madeleine
· Feb 13, 2018
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Feb 13, 2018
 D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Feb 5, 2018
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Jan 9, 2018
Pittenger, Robert
· Dec 21, 2017
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Dec 4, 2017
 D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Nov 24, 2017
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Nov 24, 2017
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Nov 24, 2017
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Oct 23, 2017
Bishop, Mike
· Sep 28, 2017
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Sep 28, 2017
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Sep 28, 2017
 D
Correa, J. Luis
California · Sep 25, 2017
 D
Gomez, Jimmy
California · Sep 18, 2017
 R
Allen, Rick W.
Georgia · Sep 11, 2017
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 11, 2017
O'Rourke, Beto
· Sep 11, 2017
 R
Turner, Michael R.
Ohio · Sep 11, 2017
Zeldin, Lee
· Sep 11, 2017
Curbelo, Carlos
· Aug 15, 2017
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Jul 28, 2017
Comstock, Barbara
· Jul 28, 2017
Costello, Ryan
· Jul 28, 2017
McSally, Martha
· Jul 28, 2017
 R
Tenney, Claudia
New York · Jul 28, 2017
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jul 27, 2017
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jul 27, 2017
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Jul 27, 2017
 D
Carbajal, Salud O.
California · Jul 24, 2017
Collins, Chris
· Jul 24, 2017
 R
Estes, Ron
Kansas · Jul 24, 2017
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