H.R. 1624 118th Congress House

Puppy Protection Act of 2023

Official title: To amend the Animal Welfare Act to provide for the humane treatment of dogs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 17, 2023 Introduced by: Brian K. Fitzpatrick Republican · Pennsylvania See on congress.gov

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Apr 19, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.

Mar 17, 2023

Introduced in House

Mar 17, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

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Latest action April 19, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Puppy Protection Act of 2023

This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to expand standards that govern the humane handling, care, treatment, and transportation of animals to include new requirements for commercial dog dealers. Specifically, the standards must require dog dealers to provide to dogs

adequate housing, exercise, and veterinary care;
appropriate and nutritious food;
continuous access to potable water; and
meaningful socialization with humans and compatible dogs for at least 30 minutes each day.

The standards must also include requirements for breeders to use safe breeding practices and make all reasonable efforts to find humane placement for retired breeding dogs.

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Committees of jurisdiction 2

Agriculture Committee
House of Representatives
Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Agriculture Committee

Lobbying activity 1

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

ANIMAL WELLNESS ACTION
for ANIMAL WELLNESS ACTION · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
1 filing
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
1 filing
Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
1 filing
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
1 filing
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
1 filing
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
1 filing
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1 filing
Interior, Dept of (DOI)
1 filing

A filing lists the bills it worked on and the parts of government it contacted in separate sections, so these are the bodies those filers named anywhere in the filing, not a per-bill breakdown.

Cosponsors 236

Crockett, Jasmine

Texas · Dec 10, 2024

Schrier, Kim

Washington · Nov 12, 2024

Pressley, Ayanna

Massachusetts · Oct 4, 2024

Kaptur, Marcy

Ohio · Sep 24, 2024

Scott, David

Georgia · Sep 16, 2024

Manning, Kathy

· Sep 6, 2024

Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria

New York · Aug 20, 2024

Carter, Troy A.

Louisiana · Aug 16, 2024

Kennedy, Timothy M.

New York · Jul 9, 2024

Suozzi, Thomas R.

New York · May 22, 2024

Auchincloss, Jake

Massachusetts · Jan 3, 2024

Bush, Cori

· Dec 22, 2023

Waters, Maxine

California · Dec 22, 2023

Gonzalez, Vicente

Texas · Dec 19, 2023

Hoyer, Steny H.

Maryland · Dec 13, 2023

Schweikert, David

Arizona · Dec 13, 2023

Amo, Gabe

Rhode Island · Dec 12, 2023

Bishop, Sanford D.

Georgia · Dec 11, 2023

Florida · Dec 4, 2023

Ivey, Glenn

Maryland · Nov 30, 2023

Menendez, Robert

New Jersey · Nov 30, 2023

Phillips, Dean

· Nov 30, 2023

Lieu, Ted

California · Nov 29, 2023

Neal, Richard E.

Massachusetts · Nov 29, 2023

Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila

Florida · Nov 28, 2023

Davis, Danny K.

Illinois · Nov 28, 2023

Khanna, Ro

California · Nov 28, 2023

Green, Al

Texas · Nov 15, 2023

Keating, William R.

Massachusetts · Nov 15, 2023

Porter, Katie

· Nov 15, 2023

Pallone, Frank

New Jersey · Nov 14, 2023

Casar, Greg

Texas · Nov 13, 2023

Clarke, Yvette D.

New York · Nov 13, 2023

Leger Fernandez, Teresa

New Mexico · Nov 13, 2023

Nehls, Troy E.

Texas · Nov 13, 2023

McCormick, Richard

Georgia · Nov 9, 2023

Garcia, Robert

California · Nov 8, 2023

Schakowsky, Janice D.

Illinois · Nov 8, 2023

Foushee, Valerie P.

North Carolina · Nov 6, 2023

Brownley, Julia

California · Oct 19, 2023

Omar, Ilhan

Minnesota · Oct 19, 2023

Pappas, Chris

New Hampshire · Oct 19, 2023

California · Oct 13, 2023

Frost, Maxwell

Florida · Oct 13, 2023

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1624: Puppy Protection Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1624/

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"H.R. 1624: Puppy Protection Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1624/.

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