Healthy Dog Importation Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Healthy Dog Importation Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers. The main policy domain is Transportation, Trade, Foreign Policy.
Who Benefits and How
transportation operators and travelers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, transportation operators and travelers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H11F66C29B89D42B29BBA2EC0FA3861F5: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Healthy Dog Importation Act.
- Section H0BC8B3D58B3F42489609AAAAB67E3FC1: 2. Importation of live dogs The Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 10404 (7 U.S.C. 8303) the following:...
- Section H07DFFE6E482B40DE98716ECEE01E4086: 10404A. Importation of live dogs In this section: The term compensation means any act, consideration, or thing of value received by a person directly,...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Healthy Dog Importation Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers.
Key Policy Areas
Transportation, Trade, Foreign Policy
Primary Purpose
This bill, Healthy Dog Importation Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- transportation operators and travelers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- transportation operators and travelers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Grassley (for himself, Ms. Smith, Mr. Marshall, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, …
Introduced in Senate
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_commerce"
- → Secretary of Commerce
- "secretary_of_transportation"
- → Secretary of Transportation
- "secretary_of_homeland_security"
- → Secretary of Homeland Security
- "secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
any person or entity that— receives an imported dog from any importer, dealer, research facility, exhibitor, operator of an auction sale, or department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States or of any State or local government
any person or entity that— (A) receives an imported dog from any importer, dealer, research facility, exhibitor, operator of an auction sale, or department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States or of any State or local government
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