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House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law

Downed Animal Protection Act

H.R. 453Introduced Jan 21, 1997Policy area: Animals
Sponsor: Rep. Gary Ackerman D-NY
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Where it went

Latest action: Feb 6, 1997 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry.

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

104 cosponsors — 20 Republicans, 84 Democrats

19 of 104 cosponsors (18%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), James Barcia (D-MI), Howard Berman (D-CA), Rod Blagojevich (D-IL), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Robert Borski (D-PA), George Brown (D-CA), Tom Campbell (R-CA), James Clyburn (D-SC), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Ronald Dellums (D-CA), Peter Deutsch (D-FL), Norman Dicks (D-WA), Julian Dixon (D-CA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Lane Evans (D-IL), Sam Farr (D-CA), Harris Fawell (R-IL), Bob Filner (D-CA), Thomas Foglietta (D-PA), Mark Foley (R-FL), Jon Fox (R-PA) and 74 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 105th 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.