House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Search and Rescue Dog Protection Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 9, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 10, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2623.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TAYLOR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3680):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, and Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 102 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2623, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2623
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 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 January 3, 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
28 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 20 Democrats
20 of 28 cosponsors (71%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Jason Crow (D-CO), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Antonio Delgado (D-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jared Golden (D-ME), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Elaine Luria (D-VA), Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Carol Miller (R-WV), Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Greg Pence (R-IN), Katie Porter (D-CA), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), W. Steube (R-FL), Haley Stevens (D-MI), Dina Titus (D-NV), Michael Waltz (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Van Taylor.
- H.R. 3246 (116th) Traveling Parents Screening Consistency Act of 2019
- H.R. 7809 (116th) HOPE Act of 2020
- H.R. 3938 (116th) Gold Star Children Act
- H.R. 5394 (116th) Strengthening State and Local Cybersecurity Defenses Act
- H.R. 7603 (116th) Improving Congressional Oversight of CFIUS Determinations Act
- H.R. 4677 (116th) Dual Credit Innovation Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.