House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2014
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 10, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 14, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4023.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MATHESON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1719):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4023, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4023
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
943ebe40b1f255cecb484e03bef6949b5ac7dae36008fdb13d0ce414deddb0fa
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Walter Jones (R-NC), James Moran (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jim Matheson.
- H.R. 4290 (113th) Wakefield Act of 2014
- H.R. 134 (113th) To repeal the provision of law that provides automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.
- H.R. 2285 (113th) Strategies to Address Antimicrobial Resistance Act
- H.R. 3245 (113th) Medicare Home Health Fraud Reduction Act
- H.R. 2948 (113th) Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation Act of 2013
- H.R. 936 (113th) People Before Party Act of 2013
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.