House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Animal Welfare Enforcement Improvement Act
Sponsor: Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 6, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 28, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3859.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 98, June 6, 2023, Page H2764):Article I Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Animal Welfare Act to increase protections for animals.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 6, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 131 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3859, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3859
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 18, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
416ad0b8a1d72176b0e47d8571b3fa385cf67937bae238038d5eec56952350a8
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 September 18, 2024). 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
34 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 32 Democrats
2 of 34 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Sean Casten (D-IL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jesús García (D-IL), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Adam Smith (D-WA) and 4 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.