Federal - HR 4691
Welfare Of Our Friends (WOOF!) Act
Introduced
December 20, 2017
Description
A bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit the issuance of licenses to certain individuals connected to dealers of dogs who have had licenses revoked, and for other purposes.
Our Position
Original Sponsor 1
Co-Sponsors 166
- Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA)
- Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA)
- Rep. Nanette Barragan (D-CA)
- Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA)
- Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH)
- Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA)
- Rep. Donald Beyer (D-VA)
- Rep. Mike Bishop (R-MI)
- Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)
- Del. Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU)
- Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA)
- Rep. Robert Brady (D-PA)
- Rep. Anthony Brown (D-MD)
- Rep. Julia Brownley (D-CA)
- Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL)
- Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA)
- Rep. Michael Capuano (D-MA)
- Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-CA)
- Rep. Tony Cardenas (D-CA)
- Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-PA)
- Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL)
- Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA)
- Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI)
- Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
- Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA)
- Rep. William Lacy Clay (D-MO)
- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)
- Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO)
- Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN)
- Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-VA)
- Rep. Lou Correa (D-CA)
- Rep. Ryan Costello (R-PA)
- Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT)
- Rep. Charlie Crist (D-FL)
- Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-NY)
- Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL)
- Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL)
- Rep. Susan Davis (D-CA)
- Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR)
- Rep. John Delaney (D-MD)
- Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)
- Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA)
- Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA)
- Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL)
- Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)
- Rep. Mike Doyle (D-PA)
- Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY)
- Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY)
- Rep. Elizabeth Esty (D-CT)
- Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL)
- Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL)
- Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI)
- Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL)
- Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
- Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA)
- Rep. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon (R-PR)
- Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)
- Rep. Al Green (D-TX)
- Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ)
- Rep. Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI)
- Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL)
- Rep. Denny Heck (D-WA)
- Rep. Brian Higgins (D-NY)
- Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT)
- Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA)
- Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)
- Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)
- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)
- Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)
- Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA)
- Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)
- Rep. John Katko (R-NY)
- Rep. William Keating (D-MA)
- Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA)
- Rep. Ruben Kihuen (D-NV)
- Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-WA)
- Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI)
- Rep. Peter King (R-NY)
- Rep. S. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL)
- Rep. Ann Kuster (D-NH)
- Rep. Conor Lamb (D-PA)
- Rep. Leonard Lance (R-NJ)
- Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI)
- Rep. John Larson (D-CT)
- Rep. Brenda Lawrence (D-MI)
- Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)
- Rep. John Lewis (D-GA)
- Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA)
- Rep. Daniel Lipinski (D-IL)
- Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ)
- Rep. Dave Loebsack (D-IA)
- Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)
- Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-CA)
- Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY)
- Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM)
- Rep. Ben Lujan (D-NM)
- Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA)
- Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-NJ)
- Rep. Sean Maloney (D-NY)
- Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL)
- Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA)
- Rep. A.Donald McEachin (D-VA)
- Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA)
- Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-CA)
- Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY)
- Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA)
- Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-FL)
- Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)
- Rep. Grace Napolitano (D-CA)
- Rep. Rick Nolan (D-MN)
- Rep. Donald Norcross (D-NJ)
- Del. Eleanor Norton (D-DC)
- Rep. Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ)
- Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-CA)
- Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ)
- Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ)
- Rep. Scott Peters (D-CA)
- Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
- Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI)
- Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO)
- Rep. David Price (D-NC)
- Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL)
- Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
- Rep. Dave Reichert (R-WA)
- Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-NY)
- Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)
- Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
- Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA)
- Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA)
- Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD)
- Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL)
- Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH)
- Del. Gregorio Sablan (I-MP)
- Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA)
- Rep. John Sarbanes (D-MD)
- Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)
- Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA)
- Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL)
- Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ)
- Rep. Jose Serrano (D-NY)
- Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH)
- Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA)
- Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ)
- Rep. Albio Sires (D-NJ)
- Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA)
- Rep. Christopher Smith (R-NJ)
- Rep. Darren Soto (D-FL)
- Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA)
- Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY)
- Rep. Thomas Suozzi (D-NY)
- Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA)
- Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA)
- Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-PA)
- Rep. Scott Tipton (R-CO)
- Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV)
- Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY)
- Rep. Norma Torres (D-CA)
- Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI)
- Rep. Juan Vargas (D-CA)
- Rep. Marc Veasey (D-TX)
- Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
- Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY)
- Rep. David Young (R-IA)
Latest Actions See More/Less
Dec. 19, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Sanchez, (D-Calif.) Dec. 13, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 3
Beyer (D-Va.) Kind, (D-Wis.) Kuster, (D-N.H.) Dec. 12, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 3
Bera, (D-Calif.) Lawrence, (D-Mich.) Serrano, (D-N.Y.) Dec. 10, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Tipton, (R-Colo.) Dec. 6, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 4
DeLauro, (D-Conn.) Matsui, (D-Calif.) Hanabusa, (D-Hawaii) Speier, (D-Calif.) Nov. 30, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Welch, (D-Vt.) Nov. 27, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Takano, (D-Calif.) Nov. 14, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 2
Delaney, (D-Md.) Himes, (D-Conn.) Oct. 19, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 2
Lipinski, (D-Ill.) Veasey, (D-Texas) Oct. 16, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
DeSaulnier, (D-Calif.) Oct. 12, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 2
Gomez, (D-Calif.) Kihuen, (D-Nev.) Oct. 9, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 8
Heck, (D-Wash.) Lowenthal, (D-Calif.) Rosen, (D-Nev.) Jeffries, (D-N.Y.) Payne (D-N.J.) Sarbanes, (D-Md.) Johnson, H. (D-Ga.) Ros-Lehtinen, (R-Fla.) Oct. 5, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 11
Beatty, (D-Ohio) Davis, R. (R-Ill.) Panetta, (D-Calif.) Castor, (D-Fla.) Larson, J. (D-Conn.) Rice, K. (D-N.Y.) Correa, (D-Calif.) Loebsack, (D-Iowa) Upton, (R-Mich.) Curbelo, (R-Fla.) McEachin, (D-Va.) Oct. 2, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 23
Chu, (D-Calif.) Kaptur, (D-Ohio) Pingree, (D-Maine) Cleaver (D-Mo.) Lance, (R-N.J.) Price, (D-N.C.) Courtney, (D-Conn.) Lujan, B.R. (D-N.M.) Ruppersberger, (D-Md.) Denham, (R-Calif.) Lynch, (D-Mass.) Schiff, (D-Calif.) Doggett, (D-Texas) McNerney, (D-Calif.) Sherman, (D-Calif.) Engel, (D-N.Y.) Moulton, (D-Mass.) Sinema, (D-Ariz.) Frankel, (D-Fla.) Murphy, S. (D-Fla.) Torres, (D-Calif.) Gottheimer, (D-N.J.) O'Halleran, (D-Ariz.) Sept. 27, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 11
Cartwright, (D-Pa.) Meng, (D-N.Y.) Soto, (D-Fla.) Clarke, Y. (D-N.Y.) Norcross, (D-N.J.) Stefanik, (R-N.Y.) Huffman, (D-Calif.) Schneider, (D-Ill.) Titus, (D-Nev.) Katko, (R-N.Y.) Shea-Porter, (D-N.H.) Sept. 26, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 13
Bonamici, (D-Ore.) Keating, (D-Mass.) Pascrell (D-N.J.) Brownley, (D-Calif.) King, P. (R-N.Y.) Pocan, (D-Wis.) Calvert, (R-Calif.) Lamb, (D-Pa.) Watson Coleman, (D-N.J.) Clark, K. (D-Mass.) Lee, B. (D-Calif.) Foster, (D-Ill.) Mast, (R-Fla.) Sept. 25, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 26
Barragan, (D-Calif.) Jayapal, (D-Wash.) Royce, (R-Calif.) Bass, (D-Calif.) Johnson, E.B. (D-Texas) Rush, (D-Ill.) Brady, R. (D-Pa.) Khanna, (D-Calif.) Ryan, T. (D-Ohio) Capuano, (D-Mass.) Langevin, (D-R.I.) Sablan, (I-N. Marianas) Crowley, (D-N.Y.) Lowey, (D-N.Y.) Suozzi, (D-N.Y.) Gallego, (D-Ariz.) Maloney, S.P. (D-N.Y.) Tonko, (D-N.Y.) Green, A. (D-Texas) McGovern, (D-Mass.) Vargas, (D-Calif.) Grijalva, (D-Ariz.) Nolan, (D-Minn.) Yarmuth, (D-Ky.) Jackson Lee, (D-Texas) Reichert, (R-Wash.) Sept. 24, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 19
Aguilar, (D-Calif.) Deutch, (D-Fla.) Napolitano, (D-Calif.) Blumenauer, (D-Ore.) Espaillat, (D-N.Y.) Raskin, (D-Md.) Buchanan, (R-Fla.) Gabbard, (D-Hawaii) Roybal-Allard, (D-Calif.) Cicilline, (D-R.I.) Higgins, B. (D-N.Y.) Sires, (D-N.J.) Clay, (D-Mo.) Lieu, (D-Calif.) Swalwell, (D-Calif.) Coffman, (R-Colo.) Lujan Grisham, M. (D-N.M.) Davis, S. (D-Calif.) Nadler, (D-N.Y.) Sept. 17, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 7
Bordallo, (D-Guam) Hastings, (D-Fla.) Wasserman Schultz, (D-Fla.) Brown, A. (D-Md.) Norton, (D-D.C.) Esty, (D-Conn.) Smith, Adam (D-Wash.) Sept. 7, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Polis, (D-Colo.) Sept. 6, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 2
Barletta, (R-Pa.) Peters, S. (D-Calif.) Aug. 21, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Thompson, G. (R-Pa.) Aug. 17, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Schweikert, (R-Ariz.) July 25, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Boyle, (D-Pa.) July 23, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Doyle, (D-Pa.) July 17, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Young, David (R-Iowa) July 10, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 2
Carbajal, (D-Calif.) Connolly, (D-Va.) June 5, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
DeFazio, (D-Ore.) May 17, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Kilmer, (D-Wash.) May 10, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Gaetz, (R-Fla.) April 26, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Bishop, M. (R-Mich.) April 25, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Smith, C. (R-N.J.) April 17, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Lofgren, (D-Calif.) April 11, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
LoBiondo, (R-N.J.) March 9, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Cardenas, (D-Calif.) Feb. 8, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
MacArthur, (R-N.J.) Feb. 6, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Krishnamoorthi, (D-Ill.) Jan. 29, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Lewis, John (D-Ga.) Jan. 25, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Costello, (R-Pa.) Jan. 19, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Schakowsky, (D-Ill.) Jan. 18, 2018 — Additional cosponsor(s): 3
Cohen, (D-Tenn.) Gonzalez-Colon, J. (R-P.R.) Quigley, (D-Ill.) Dec. 20, 2017 — Original cosponsor(s): 1
Crist, (D-Fla.) Dec. 20, 2017 — Read twice and referred to: House Agriculture.Congressional Record p. H10345