S.3666: A bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to modify the definition of "exhibitor".

About This Bill

  • This bill was introduced in the 112th Congress
  • This bill is primarily about animals
  • Introduced Dec. 6, 2012
  • Latest Major Action Jan. 10, 2013

Bill Sponsor

Bill Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Animal Welfare Act to exclude from the definition of "exhibitor," for purposes of the licensing and other regulatory requirements of the Act, owners of common, domesticated household pets who derive less than a substantial portion of income from a nonprimary source for exhibiting an animal that exclusively resides at the...

(Source: Library of Congress)

Bill Actions

Date Description
Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Received in the House.
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Mr. Griffin (AR) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Considered under suspension of the rules.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 3666.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 112-261.
Dec. 6, 2012

Introduced in the Senate by David Vitter (R-La.)

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