I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 909 
To protect victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating 
violence from emotional and psychological trauma caused by acts of 
violence or threats of violence against their pets. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 7, 2017 
Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts (for herself, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. DENHAM, 
Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of California, Mr. NOLAN, Mr. COHEN, Mr. NAD-
LER, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, 
Mr. KEATING, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. WASSERMAN 
SCHULTZ, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. SPEIER, Mrs. 
WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. SINEMA, 
Ms. DELBENE, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. CON-
NOLLY, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. DELANEY, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, 
Mr. YODER, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. CROWLEY, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. TSONGAS, 
Ms. TITUS, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. NORTON, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON 
of Texas, Mr. PETERS, Mr. TONKO, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. 
SWALWELL of California, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. MICHAEL 
F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. SEAN 
PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. JENKINS of Kan-
sas, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. BUCHANAN, Ms. 
BROWNLEY of California, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. 
KILMER, Mr. NORCROSS, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. 
RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. MCGOV-
ERN, Mr. GUTIE´RREZ, Mr. BARLETTA, Mrs. COMSTOCK, Ms. KAPTUR, 
Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Miss RICE of New York, 
Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. POCAN, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of 
New Mexico, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. DENT, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. 
O’ROURKE, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. FASO, Mr. WALZ, Mr. POLIS, Mr. GRI-
JALVA, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. SCHRADER, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. LEE, 
Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. 
JUDY CHU of California, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
CURBELO of Florida, Mr. JONES, Mr. COFFMAN, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. 
COSTA, Mr. CAPUANO, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. LOFGREN, 
Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. 
KING of New York, Mr. SIRES, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. GON-
ZALEZ
of Texas, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. 
POLIQUIN, Ms. ESTY, Mr. WELCH, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. 
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BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. SCOTT of 
Virginia, Mr. SOTO, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. STEFANIK, Mrs. 
WAGNER, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. CLAY, Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
PERRY, Mr. STIVERS, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. AGUILAR, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, 
Ms. MOORE, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. SERRANO, 
Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. HECK, Mr. RUSH, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. CARBAJAL, 
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. KUSTER of New 
Hampshire, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. 
MARINO, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Mr. SABLAN, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. 
HANABUSA, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. THOMP-
SON of California, Mr. BEYER, Mrs. TORRES, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. CHABOT, 
Ms. MCSALLY, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. DONOVAN, Ms. 
DEGETTE, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. JEFFRIES, 
Ms. MATSUI, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Ms. MENG, Mr. BISHOP 
of Michigan, Ms. BASS, Mr. KATKO, Mr. NEAL, Mr. PAULSEN, and Mr. 
HUFFMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
committee concerned 
A BILL 
To protect victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalk-
ing, and dating violence from emotional and psychological 
trauma caused by acts of violence or threats of violence 
against their pets. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pet and Women Safety 
Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. PET INVOLVEMENT IN CRIMES RELATED TO DO-
MESTIC VIOLENCE AND STALKING. 
(a) INTERSTATE STALKING.—Section 2261A of title 
18, United States Code, is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1)(A)— 
(A) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; and 
(B) by inserting after clause (iii) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iv) the pet of that person; or’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)(A)— 
(A) by inserting after ‘‘to a person’’ the 
following: ‘‘or a pet’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘or (iii)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(iii), or (iv)’’. 
(b) 
INTERSTATE
VIOLATION
OF
PROTECTION 
ORDER.—Section 2262 of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting after 
‘‘another person’’ the following: ‘‘or the pet of 
that person’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting after 
‘‘proximity to, another person’’ the following 
‘‘or the pet of that person’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(5), by inserting after ‘‘in 
any other case,’’ the following: ‘‘including any case 
in which the offense is committed against a pet,’’. 
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