House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Supporting Our Shelters Act
Official title: To amend the Animal Welfare Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program under which the Secretary will award grants to entities for purposes of supporting the capability of such entities to provide care to animals in their care, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Veronica Escobar D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 22, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 13, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5020.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ESCOBAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 140, August 22, 2025, Page H3707):Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 22, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5020, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5020
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 22, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
4 cosponsors — 4 Democrats
0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 2366 (119th) American Families United Act
- H.R. 9404 (119th) VA Home Loan Navigator Act
- H.R. 6258 (119th) Disarm Hate Act
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- H.R. 4757 (119th) Pigs and Public Health Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.