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House Bill 3709
118th Congress(2023-2024)
Keeping Pets and Families Together Act
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H. R. 3709 (Introduced-in-House)


118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3709


To amend the Animal Welfare Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into cooperative agreements to support the microchipping of dogs and cats in the care of animal shelters or similar establishments, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 25, 2023

Mr. Lieu (for himself, Ms. Tlaib, and Mr. Moskowitz) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

A BILL

To amend the Animal Welfare Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into cooperative agreements to support the microchipping of dogs and cats in the care of animal shelters or similar establishments, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Keeping Pets and Families Together Act”.

SEC. 2. Cooperative agreements to support microchipping of dogs and cats.

The Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2131 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 28 (7 U.S.C. 2158) the following:

“SEC. 28A. Cooperative agreements to support microchipping of dogs and cats.

“(a) In general.—Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary shall establish a program under which the Secretary will enter into cooperative agreements with State and local governments for purposes of supporting the capability of entities described in subsection (b) to provide for microchipping of dogs and cats in their care before allowing such dogs or cats to be recovered by their original owner, adopted by other individuals, or transferred to another animal shelter or rescue organization.

“(b) Entities described.—An entity described in this subsection is—

“(1) each pound or shelter owned and operated by a State or a unit of local government; and

“(2) each private entity established for the purpose of caring for animals, such as a humane society, or other organization that is under contract with a State or a unit of local government that operates as a pound or shelter and that releases animals on a voluntary basis.

“(c) Unit of local government defined.—In this section, the term ‘unit of local government’ means a county, municipality, town, township, village, or other unit of general government below the State level;

“(d) Authorization of appropriations.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028.”.

SEC. 3. Report on effectiveness of microchipping program.

Not later than December 31, 2028, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that—

(1) assesses the effectiveness of the program established under section 28A of the Animal Welfare Act, as added by section 2;

(2) contains the Secretary’s recommendation on whether to extend such program for an additional 5-fiscal-year period; and

(3) the amount of funding necessary to effectively extend such program over such period.