Bills About Animals Sponsored by Alcee L. Hastings (D-Fla.)

Rep. Hastings sponsored 10 bills about animals in the 115th Congress (2017-18).

Introduced Number Title Cosponsors Cosponsor Party Latest Action
Oct. 31, 2019 H.CON.RES.71 Urging all nations to outlaw the dog and cat meat trade and to enforce existing laws against such trade. 55
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
April 4, 2019 H.R.2099 To expand the workforce of veterinarians specialized in the care and conservation of wild animals and their ecosystems, and to develop educational programs focused on wildlife and zoological veterinary medicine. 15
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
March 7, 2017 H.R.1406 To amend the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit the slaughter of dogs and cats for human consumption. 246
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Jan. 3, 2017 H.R.159 To expand the workforce of veterinarians specialized in the care and conservation of wild animals and their ecosystems, and to develop educational programs focused on wildlife and zoological veterinary medicine. 16
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
May 12, 2015 H.R.2269 To expand the workforce of veterinarians specialized in the care and conservation of wild animals and their ecosystems, and to develop educational programs focused on wildlife and zoological veterinary medicine. 6
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
July 23, 2013 H.R.2796 To expand the workforce of veterinarians specialized in the care and conservation of wild animals and their ecosystems, and to develop educational programs focused on wildlife and zoological veterinary medicine. 7
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit.
June 7, 2012 H.R.5923 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a grant program to eradicate non-native constrictor snakes from ecosystems in which they exist in sustainable populations, and for other purposes. 0 Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
Feb. 2, 2012 H.R.3886 To expand the workforce of veterinarians specialized in the care and conservation of wild animals and their ecosystems, and to develop educational programs focused on wildlife and zoological veterinary medicine. 15
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Sept. 15, 2010 H.RES.1625 Recognizing the important role zoos, aquariums, and other wildlife organizations have played in the response efforts in the Gulf region following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill that began on April 20, 2010. 19
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
Jan. 21, 2010 H.R.4497 To expand the workforce of veterinarians specialized in the care and conservation of wild animals and their ecosystems, and to develop educational programs focused on wildlife and zoological veterinary medicine. 9
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
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