Animal Welfare Accountability and Transparency Act
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Mar 6, 2017)
Animal Welfare Accountability and Transparency Act
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to maintain and publicly disclose records relating to the administration of the Animal Welfare Act and the Horse Protection Act, including specified details regarding inspections, enforcement actions, regulations, registrations, and licenses under the two laws. Within 90 days of the enactment of this bill, USDA must make the records available to the public in an online searchable database in a machine-readable format on its website.
The bill also amends the Internal Revenue Code to require a taxpayer who has been convicted or assessed civil penalties for violating certain provisions of the Animal Welfare Act or the Horse Protection Act to use the alternative depreciation system that increases the number of years over which property is depreciated. The taxpayer must use the system for any property placed in service during the five-year period beginning with the year in which the period for seeking judicial review of a civil penalty has lapsed or in which there has been a final judgment entered with respect to the violation, whichever is earlier.
What just happenedMar 23, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseMar 6, 2017
- Mar 23, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee - Mar 10, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee - Mar 6, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Mar 6, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Agriculture Committee - Mar 6, 2017IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Mar 6, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Ways and Means Committee - Mar 6, 2017IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E275)
- Mar 6, 2017IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Mar 6, 2017IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House