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H.R. 1368 (115th)

Animal Welfare Accountability and Transparency Act

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Introduced

6 March 2017

Last action

23 March 2017 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.

Sponsors

Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3], Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53], Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8], Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40], Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11], Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9], Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12], Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14], Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1], Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29], Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50], Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1], Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30], Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2], Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT], Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5], Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2], Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25], Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22], Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1], Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5], Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1], Rep. Crist, Charlie [D-FL-13], Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9], Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2], Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9], Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2], Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1], Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36], Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18], Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8], Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2], Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28], Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12], Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8], Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4], Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1], Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8], Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3], Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-32], Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24], Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9], Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4], Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47]

Subjects

Agriculture

Source updated

5 December 2025

Agriculture

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Summary

Animal Welfare Accountability and Transparency Act This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to maintain and publicly disclose records relating to the administration of the Animal Welfare Act and the Horse Protection Act, including specified details regarding inspections, enforcement actions, regulations, registrations, and licenses under the two laws. Within 90 days of the enactment of this bill, USDA must make the records available to the public in an online searchable database in a machine-readable format on its website. The bill also amends the Internal Revenue Code to require a taxpayer who has been convicted or assessed civil penalties for violating certain provisions of the Animal Welfare Act or the Horse Protection Act to use the alternative depreciation system that increases the number of years over which property is depreciated. The taxpayer must use the system for any property placed in service during the five-year period beginning with the year in which the period for seeking judicial review of a civil penalty has lapsed or in which there has been a final judgment entered with respect to the violation, whichever is earlier.

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Timeline

  1. 6 March 2017

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 6 March 2017

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 6 March 2017

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E275)

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 6 March 2017

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 6 March 2017

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  6. 10 March 2017

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.

    Source: Committee

  7. 23 March 2017

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.

    Source: Committee

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