2012-12-31T19:00:00Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2013-01-03:/committee/312 tag:opencongress.org,2012-12-31:/action/346466 2012-12-31T19:00:00Z A bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to modify the definition of "exhibitor".<br /><br />December 31, 2012: Presented to President. tag:opencongress.org,2012-12-05:/action/344569 2012-12-05T19:00:00Z A bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to modify the definition of "exhibitor".<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2012-09-20:/action/342215 2012-09-20T20:00:00Z Recognizing the importance of animal-based protein as a component of the balanced diet of most individuals in the United States.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2012-08-01:/action/338466 2012-08-01T20:00:00Z Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the practice of gassing stray cats and dogs.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2012-08-01:/action/338564 2012-08-01T20:00:00Z To direct the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, to submit to Congress, and make available to the public on the Internet, a report on the animals killed under the Wildlife Services program of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2012-07-24:/action/337222 2012-07-24T20:00:00Z To strengthen Federal consumer protection and product traceability with respect to commercially marketed seafood, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2012-07-18:/action/336740 2012-07-18T20:00:00Z Expressing opposition to the use of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, nitrous oxide, argon, or other gases to euthanize shelter animals and support for State laws that require the use of the more humane euthanasia by injection method.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2012-03-29:/action/324376 2012-03-29T20:00:00Z To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act so that labels on packages of meat include a statement on whether the meat contains lean finely textured beef.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2012-03-28:/action/324053 2012-03-28T20:00:00Z To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act to repeal a duplicative program relating to inspection and grading of catfish.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2012-03-27:/action/323881 2012-03-27T20:00:00Z To amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 to make it unlawful for a packer to own, feed, or control livestock intended for slaughter.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2012-02-16:/action/321149 2012-02-16T19:00:00Z To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to extend and improve the milk income loss contract program.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2012-02-01:/action/319555 2012-02-01T19:00:00Z To expand the workforce of veterinarians specialized in the care and conservation of wild animals and their ecosystems, and to develop educational programs focused on wildlife and zoological veterinary medicine.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2012-01-22:/action/318924 2012-01-22T19:00:00Z To provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2011-12-15:/action/317823 2011-12-15T19:00:00Z To amend the Humane Methods of Livestock Slaughter Act of 1958 to ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2011-11-03:/action/313507 2011-11-03T20:00:00Z To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to deregulate the Federal milk marketing order program, to publish competitive milk price survey data, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2011-11-02:/action/313175 2011-11-02T20:00:00Z To amend the Animal Welfare Act to restrict the use of exotic and non-domesticated animals in traveling circuses and exhibitions.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2011-09-22:/action/309970 2011-09-22T20:00:00Z To establish a program for dairy producers under which producers can offset reductions in producer income when the margin between milk prices and feed costs is less than a specified amount, to establish a dairy market stabilization program for producers participating in the margin protection program, to provide for the amendment of Federal milk marketing orders, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2011-09-18:/action/309149 2011-09-18T20:00:00Z To amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2011-07-24:/action/305902 2011-07-24T20:00:00Z To amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to prohibit the use of certain anti-competitive forward contracts.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2011-07-10:/action/303961 2011-07-10T20:00:00Z To prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture, and for other purposes.<br /><br />