CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Nancy Mace (R-SC)

Violet’s Law

H.R. 3246 · House bill Environmental Protection

A Republican bill with 40 Democratic cosponsors · See all 54 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill, known as "Violet's Law," aims to amend the Animal Welfare Act. It seeks to allow for the adoption or non-laboratory placement of certain animals used in Federal research. Federal research facilities would be required to create standards to facilitate this process within one year of enactment. This applies to eligible animals that are no longer needed for research and are deemed suitable for release. Suitable animals include dogs, cats, nonhuman primates, guinea pigs, hamsters, or rabbits.

Yes

  • Scored +2

    Does this give the federal government more power?

    The bill mandates federal agencies to create new standards for animal placement.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.