1HOUSE · MAR 19, 2026
Passed the House
228–190PASSED
R 212–0 D 15–190 I 1–0
On Passage · roll 96 · 14 not voting
House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Federal Working Animal Protection Act
Official title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that an alien who has been convicted of harming animals used in law enforcement is inadmissible and deportable, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Ken Calvert R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 23, 2025
- Committee actionNov 18, 2025
- Passed HouseMar 19, 2026 · 228–190
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 19, 2026 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4638.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4638, Bill to Outlaw Wounding of Official Working Animals Act of 2025” on December 15, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on December 12, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 15, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61934
- CBO publication date
- December 15, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4638, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4638
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
959f3811e7384583a3a20f4ddafdfb179cbe49f08168f78b03e0875e85c2414a
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-407 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on December 12, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/407
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4638, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4638
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
959f3811e7384583a3a20f4ddafdfb179cbe49f08168f78b03e0875e85c2414a
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CALVERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 126, July 23, 2025, Page H3647):The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically clause 1 and clause 18.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 23, 2025 ↗
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- Statement length
- 174 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4638, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4638
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
959f3811e7384583a3a20f4ddafdfb179cbe49f08168f78b03e0875e85c2414a
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Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 4638. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
19 cosponsors — 19 Republicans
0 of 19 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Elijah Crane (R-AZ), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Brandon Gill (R-TX), Pat Harrigan (R-NC), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Michael Rulli (R-OH), Pete Stauber (R-MN), W. Steube (R-FL), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Roger Williams (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ken Calvert.
- H.R. 1663 (119th) VSAFE Act of 2025
- H.R. 831 (119th) Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program Amendment Act of 2025
- H.R. 252 (119th) Secure Our Ports Act of 2025
- H.R. 4016 (119th) Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026
- H.Res. 978 (119th) Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable Doug LaMalfa.
- H.R. 9495 (119th) Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2027
Related bills
- H.Res. 1115 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 556) to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture from…Procedurally related
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.