House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Healthy Dog Importation Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 19, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 19, 2020 — Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6921.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ABRAHAM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 94, May 19, 2020, Page H2270):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 19, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6921, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6921
- 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
9 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 9 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), John Garamendi (D-CA), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Denver Riggleman (R-VA), Kurt Schrader (D-OR), Ted Yoho (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ralph Abraham.
- H.R. 837 (116th) Chronic Wasting Disease Transmission in Cervidae Study Act
- H.R. 1495 (116th) Income Verification Act
- H.Res. 522 (116th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the production of oil and natural gas is essential to the economy and well-being…
- H.R. 1238 (116th) To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to treat certain planted soybean crops as harvested commodity crops under the Market Facilitation…
- H.Res. 620 (116th) In the Matter of Nancy Pelosi.
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.