House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act of 2017
Sponsor: Rep. Alcee Hastings D-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 7, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 23, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1406.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HASTINGS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 39, March 7, 2017, Page H1595):Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 7, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1406, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1406
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 11, 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
246 cosponsors — 70 Republicans, 175 Democrats, 1 independent
70 of 246 cosponsors (28%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Rick Allen (R-GA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Don Bacon (R-NE), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Steve Chabot (R-OH) and 216 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Alcee Hastings.
- H.Res. 401 (115th) Urging all nations to outlaw the dog and cat meat trade and to enforce existing laws against such trade
- H.Res. 30 (115th) Condemning the Dog Meat Festival in Yulin, China, and urging China to end the dog meat trade.
- H.Res. 393 (115th) Expressing support for addressing the Arab-Israeli conflict in a concurrent track with the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and…
- H.Res. 680 (115th) Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Keiser University and recognizing the university as a vital institution of higher education…
- H.R. 159 (115th) To expand the workforce of veterinarians specialized in the care and conservation of wild animals and their ecosystems, and to develop…
- H.R. 1570 (115th) African Descent Affairs Act of 2017
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.