House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Traveling Exotic Animal Protection Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 30, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 6, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4525.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MORAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3364):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 134 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4525, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4525
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3eb90804e336f21305e7a6402384cd9969542ba76e1900d2e504aa8d7a68e945
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 August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4525, last updated August 12, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
31 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 30 Democrats
1 of 31 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Sam Farr (D-CA), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Walter Jones (R-NC), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), William Owens (D-NY), Gary Peters (D-MI), Jared Polis (D-CO), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Linda Sánchez (D-CA) and 1 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Moran.
- H.R. 3223 (113th) Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act
- H.R. 4148 (113th) Humane Cosmetics Act
- H.Res. 208 (113th) Expressing opposition to the use of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, nitrous oxide, argon, or other gases to euthanize shelter…
- H.Con.Res. 27 (113th) Supporting the formation of a bipartisan Presidential Commission to study the establishment of a National Museum of the American People.
- H.R. 2249 (113th) Disabled Military Child Protection Act of 2013
- H.R. 1509 (113th) Autism Understanding and Training in School Methodologies for Educators 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.