Working Dog Health and Welfare Act of 2023 became law 522 days after introduction, with one cosponsor
IntroducedJul 20, 2023
ReportedOct 25, 2023
Passed one chamberJan 11, 2024
Passed bothDec 16, 2024
LawDec 23, 2024
What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 80 words.
Working Dog Health and Welfare Act of 2023 This act requires federal agencies with working dog programs, and contractors managing such programs, to implement the recommendations of a Government Accountability Office report titled Working Dogs: Federal Agencies Need to Better Address Health and Welfare and published in October 2022. Further, the Department of State must take steps to ensure that donations of working dogs provided to foreign partners by the State Department are executed and monitored according to those recommendations.
Context
- Committees
- Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
- Policy area
- Government Operations and Politics: 580 of 5,914 bills became law, 113th–118th (9.8%)
- Sponsor
- 8 of 249 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 5, from enrolled bill to public law · 659 words
- Subjects
- Animal protection and human-animal relationshipsCongressional oversightForeign aid and international reliefGovernment information and archivesMammalsPublic contracts and procurement +1 more
- Latest action
- Dec 23, 2024: Became Public Law No: 118-195.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 2
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 2 in all.
Related, per CRS or House · 2
- 118th H.R. 6950 Working Dog Health and Welfare Act of 2024 R · Introduced
- 118th S. 2414 Working Dog Health and Welfare Act of 2023 R · Law
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]