I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1368 
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to make publicly available certain 
regulatory records relating to the administration of the Animal Welfare 
Act and the Horse Protection Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 to provide for the use of an alternative depreciation system 
for taxpayers violating rules under the Animal Welfare Act and the 
Horse Protection Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 6, 2017 
Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. BEYER, Ms. 
MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. ROY-
BAL-ALLARD, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. KEATING, Ms. LEE, Ms. SPEIER, Ms. 
SHEA-PORTER, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. PETERS, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. EDDIE 
BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, 
Mr. WELCH, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. POCAN, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. 
DEUTCH, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. SCHRADER, Ms. TITUS, Mr. CRIST, Mr. 
SMITH of Washington, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. COHEN, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. 
QUIGLEY, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mr. TED LIEU of Cali-
fornia, Ms. JACKSON LEE, and Mr. RASKIN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addi-
tion to the Committees on Agriculture, and Energy and Commerce, 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to make publicly 
available certain regulatory records relating to the ad-
ministration of the Animal Welfare Act and the Horse 
Protection Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 to provide for the use of an alternative deprecia-
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tion system for taxpayers violating rules under the Ani-
mal Welfare Act and the Horse Protection Act, and 
for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Animal Welfare Ac-
countability and Transparency Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF REGULATORY RECORDS. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not later 
than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this section as the 
‘‘Secretary’’) shall maintain and promptly make available 
to the public in an online searchable database in a ma-
chine-readable format on the website of the Department 
of Agriculture information relating to the administration 
of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2131 et seq.) and 
the Horse Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1821 et seq.), includ-
ing— 
(1) the entirety of each report of any inspection 
conducted, and record of any enforcement action 
taken, under— 
(A) either of those Acts; or 
(B) any regulation issued under those 
Acts; 
(2) with respect to the Animal Welfare Act— 
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