S4361-119

In Committee

Pets Belong with Families Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 21, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Pets Belong with Families Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Housing, Criminal Justice.

Who Benefits and How

health care providers and patients 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, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pets Belong with Families Act.
  • Section idda247576b36a461bba28336c80fb3865: 2. Prohibition on breed restrictions Section 31 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437z–3) is amended by striking subsection (b) and...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Pets Belong with Families Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Housing, Criminal Justice

Primary Purpose

This bill, Pets Belong with Families Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Policy Domains

Healthcare Housing Criminal Justice

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • health care providers and patients
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health care providers and patients:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • health care providers and patients
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federal implementing agencies:
health care providers and patients:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 21, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, …

Apr 21, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Apr 21, 2026

Mr. Schiff introduced the following bill; which was read twice …

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?

Domains
Healthcare Housing Criminal Justice
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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