Keep Our Pets Safe Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4941
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2018-02-06
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships

Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Latest action: action_date: 2018-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-02-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Keep Our Pets Safe Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit a person from knowingly confining a common household pet in an enclosed space if the confinement could harm or kill the pet through exposure to excessive heat or cold, lack of ventilation, or lack of water. A common household pet is a domesticated animal (e.g., dog, cat, bird, rodent, rabbit, fish, or turtle) that is traditionally kept in the home for pleasure rather than for commercial purposes.</p> <p>The bill specifies the applicable criminal penalty&#8212;a prison term of up to one year, a fine, or both&#8212;for a person who violates this prohibition.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4941 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 6, 2018 Mr. Marino introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Animal Welfare Act to protect common household pets from harmful confinement.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Keep Our Pets Safe Act of 2018 . 2. Prohibition on harmful confinement of common household pets The Animal Welfare Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2131 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 30. Prohibition on harmful confinement of common household pets (a) In general It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly confine a common household pet in a motor vehicle or other enclosed space if such confinement could harm or kill such common household pet through— (1) exposure to excessive heat or cold; (2) lack of ventilation; or (3) lack of water. (b) Definition of common household pet In this section, the term common household pet means a domesticated animal that is traditionally kept in the home for pleasure rather than for commercial purposes, including a dog, cat, bird, rodent, rabbit, fish, or turtle. (c) Penalty Whoever violates subsection (a) shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both, for each violation. .