Title: PET AID Act
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
Pet Emergency Transparency and Accountability in Disasters Act or the PET AID Act
This bill amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to require a governmental entity that receives assistance under such Act to maintain for a specified period, and make available to the public, records on activities relating to the intake, care, and disposition of animals funded with such assistance.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6131 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6131

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
 Assistance Act with respect to entities that receive Federal funds to 
     assist animals impacted by disasters, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 15, 2018

  Ms. Titus (for herself and Mrs. Comstock) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
 Assistance Act with respect to entities that receive Federal funds to 
     assist animals impacted by disasters, 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 ``Pet Emergency Transparency and 
Accountability in Disasters Act'' or the ``PET AID Act''.

SEC. 2. RECORDS RELATING TO CERTAIN ASSISTANCE FOR ANIMALS.

    Title VII of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5201 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:

``SEC. 707. RECORDS RELATING TO CERTAIN ASSISTANCE FOR ANIMALS.

    ``(a) In General.--A State, Tribal, or local government, or 
subgrantee thereof, that receives assistance under this Act shall 
maintain, and make available to the public upon request, records on 
activities relating to the intake, care, and disposition of animals 
funded with such assistance, including--
            ``(1) the total number of animals taken in and cared for 
        using the assistance; and
            ``(2) with respect to each animal taken in and cared for 
        using the assistance--
                    ``(A) the species of the animal;
                    ``(B) the approximate age of the animal;
                    ``(C) the circumstances of the arrival of the 
                animal; and
                    ``(D) whether the animal was--
                            ``(i) surrendered by its owner (with a 
                        description of the reasons for surrender);
                            ``(ii) reclaimed by its owner;
                            ``(iii) adopted by a new owner;
                            ``(iv) euthanized by the entity (with a 
                        description of the reasons for euthanasia);
                            ``(v) not euthanized by the entity, but 
                        died in the care of the entity (with a 
                        description of the reasons for the death); and
                            ``(vi) transferred, lost, or left the care 
                        of the entity for a reason not otherwise 
                        described in clauses (ii) through (v) (with a 
                        description of the circumstances surrounding 
                        the ending of care).
    ``(b) Retention of Records.--The State, Tribal, or local 
government, or subgrantee thereof, shall maintain the records described 
in subsection (a) for the period that is the longer of--
            ``(1) 3 years after the date of transmission of the final 
        expenditure report for project completion as certified by the 
        grantee; or
            ``(2) the period required by the terms of a grant made 
        under this Act.''.
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