House bill · 101st Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Animal Welfare Act to include mice, rats, and birds within the definition of animals protected under the Act.
Sponsor: Rep. Edolphus Towns D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 27, 1989
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 30, 1989 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
14 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 11 Democrats
2 of 14 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Ronald Dellums (D-CA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Charles Hayes (D-IL), Andrew Jacobs (D-IN), Robert Lagomarsino (R-CA), William Lipinski (D-IL), Matthew Martinez (R-CA), Major Owens (D-NY), Matthew Rinaldo (R-NJ), Robert Roe (D-NJ), Allen Swift (D-WA), Robert Torricelli (D-NJ), Theodore Weiss (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 101st Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Edolphus Towns.
- H.R. 1454 (101st) Student Right-to-Know and Campus Security Act
- H.R. 1862 (101st) For the relief of Merrill L. Johnson-Lannen.
- H.R. 3129 (101st) Agricultural Extended Retirement Credit Act of 1990
- H.R. 5536 (101st) Medicaid Family Care Act of 1990
- H.R. 5537 (101st) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a deduction for tuition paid for the college education of children of the taxpayer.
- H.R. 4672 (101st) To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from excluding individuals from donating blood.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 30, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.