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House bill · 103rd Congress · Did not become law

Downed Animal Protection Act

H.R. 559Introduced Jan 25, 1993Policy area: Animals
Sponsor: Rep. Gary Ackerman D-NY
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Where it went

Latest action: Sep 28, 1994 — Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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

75 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 65 Democrats

9 of 75 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Jim Bacchus (D-FL), James Barcia (D-MI), Lucien Blackwell (D-PA), Robert Borski (D-PA), George Brown (D-CA), Sam Coppersmith (D-AZ), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Ronald Dellums (D-CA), Peter Deutsch (D-FL), Julian Dixon (D-CA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Lane Evans (D-IL), Sam Farr (D-CA), Hamilton Fish (R-NY), Thomas Foglietta (D-PA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Bob Franks (R-NJ), Elizabeth Furse (D-OR), Dean Gallo (R-NJ), Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), Henry Gonzalez (D-TX), Dan Hamburg (D-CA), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), George Hochbrueckner (D-NY), Andrew Jacobs (D-IN), Harry Johnston (D-FL), Gerald Kleczka (D-WI), Ron Klink (D-PA), Tom Lantos (D-CA) and 45 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 103rd Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gary Ackerman.

Sponsor’s state and district

New York in Congress · NY-5 district

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Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.