To amend the Animal Welfare Act to increase enforcement with respect to violations of that Act, and for other…

Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 117th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

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85 cosponsors · 75 D, 10 R

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5 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

This bill revises enforcement provisions under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), including by directing inspectors to confiscate or destroy in a humane manner animals found to be suffering physical or psychological harm as a result of failure to comply with the AWA.