Why We Oppose: The ambiguous language could be weaponized against compliant farmers, ranchers, breeders, and exhibitors based on activist claims, undermining lawful animal care practices.
Summary : Establishes an “Animal Cruelty Crimes Taskforce” within the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and for other purposes. Why We Oppose: While H.R. 3683 aims to curb severe forms of animal cruelty, a goal many support, this legislation would do so by creating a new federal enforcement unit which will undoubtedly amount to overreach, inefficient resource use, and mission overload. FIGHT Act – H.R.3946/S.1454 Bill Title: Fighting Inhumane Gambling and High-Risk Trafficking Act Sponsors: Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) Co-Sponsors: House 96 - Senate 10 Committee: Senate Judiciary Committee Summary : Claims to expand federal enforcement powers related to animal fighting (already illegal), including surveillance, investigation, and prosecution authority. Why We Oppose: While positioned as anti- cruelty, this legislation opens the door to targeting and profiling law-abiding poultry breeders and rural animal owners, expanding government reach under the guise of fighting crime. Goldie’s Act – H.R.349 Sponsor: Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) Co-Sponsors: House 77 Committee: House Agriculture Committee Summary : Mandates more frequent and aggressive USDA inspections, stricter penalties, and animal confiscations under vague care standards. Why We Oppose: Transforms USDA Animal Care from an education/compliance model to punitive enforcement. Empowers activist complaints and threatens licensees without due process. Would change AWA enforcement so that inspectors must document all violations and remove the current distinction between “direct” (animal welfare) and “indirect” (paperwork/recordkeeping) violations— effectively treating paperwork issues as direct violations under the AWA. Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act – H.R.1684 Sponsor: Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) Co-Sponsors: House 204 Committee: House Energy and Commerce Committee Summary : Bans action devices, pads, and weighted shoes; extends regulation beyond Tennessee Walking Horses; imposes strict
penalties. Why We Oppose: This legislation is based on animal rights ideology, not science. H.R.1684 threatens legitimate equine disciplines and related industries like farriers, feed supply, and tourism. Presumes guilt before innocence. Puppy Protection Act of 2025 – H.R.2253 Sponsor: Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) Co-Sponsors to date: House 136 Committee: House Agriculture Committee Summary : Imposes new regulations on dog breeders including breeding caps, socialization standards, temperature rules, and flooring requirements. Why We Oppose: Impractical and ideologically driven mandates target lawful breeders and limit Americans’ access to responsibly bred dogs. Save America’s Forgotten Equines (SAFE) Act – H.R.1661/S.775 Sponsor: Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) Co-Sponsors: House 184 - Senate 4 Committee: House Energy and Commerce Committee Summary : Bans horse slaughter in the U.S. and prohibits the transport of horses to slaughter facilities in Canada and Mexico. Why We Oppose: Eliminates humane options for unwanted horses, leading to abandonment and neglect. Further erodes the horse industry and reduces livestock management tools. You can track all the federal legislation we are actively lobbying against by visiting our Legislative Campaign Action Center. There you will find the list of federal bills with their summaries and a button that will take you to our legislative campaigns for each bill that allows you to send messages to your U.S. Representative and Senators with one or two easy clicks!
Newly Introduced Introduced: September 10, 2025
Humane Transport of Farmed Animals Act - H.R. 5286 Sponsor: Dina Titus (D-NV) Co-Sponsors: House 5 Assigned Committees: House Agriculture; House Transportation & Infrastructure Summary : For animal enterprise (especially transport operations), this could mean increased paperwork/monitoring, potential audits, record-keeping burdens, more regulatory risk and could raise costs or compliance overhead significantly. Why We Oppose: If this bill moves forward, it could impose additional federal oversight on livestock transport (especially long-haul transport) via the mechanism to enforce the “Twenty-Eight Hour Law” (which currently exists but is seldom enforced).
Introduced: July 17, 2025
Hauling Exemptions for Livestock Protection (HELP) Act -H.R. 4500 Sponsor: Jeff Hurd (R-CO-03) Introduced: July 17, 2025 Co-Sponsors: House 5 Assigned Committees / Subcommittee: House Transportation & Infrastructure; specifically referred to the Subcommittee on Highways & Transit. Summary : For haulers who do long-distance transport of live animals, this could reduce regulatory burden, give more flexibility in operations. Why We Support: This bill is more aligned with livestock‐haulers and transport operations (versus welfare regulation). It proposes permanent exemptions from federal Hours-of- Service (HOS) rules and Electronic Logging Device (ELD) requirements for “covered livestock hauling vehicles” (including insects and aquatic animals) when transporting livestock. FBI Animal Cruelty Taskforce of 2025 – H.R.3683 Sponsors: Rep. Gottheimer (D-NJ) Co-Sponsors: House 14 Committee: House Judiciary Committee
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