PETSAFE Act of 2026
Sponsored By: Representative Mast
Introduced
Summary
Expanded federal support for companion animal emergency preparedness. This bill would amend the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act to let grant funds explicitly cover pet-focused preparedness, response, and sheltering activities.
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- Families and pet owners: Helps keep pets safe and sheltered by funding supplies, veterinary care, generators, and other items. It specifically supports 10 categories of gear and supplies, from collapsible crates to field rescue equipment.
- State, local, and tribal governments: Allows these governments to use grant funds for animal preparedness, training, and mobile equipment. It preserves a 50% baseline federal cost share and allows up to a 90% federal share for the new pet-focused activities.
- Emergency responders and animal teams: Funds training, animal response team development, disaster-response software, and mobile trailers so teams can respond faster and operate more effectively in the field.
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1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
More disaster help for pets
This bill would let State, local, and tribal governments use certain disaster grants to support companion-animal preparedness. The federal share for most Section 662 activities would remain 50 percent. For specified pet-and-animal-preparedness activities, the federal share would be 90 percent. Grants could buy collapsible crates, mobile animal trailers, pet supplies, veterinary and animal health supplies, shelter equipment and supplies, emergency generators, disaster response software, training, animal response team development, and field rescue equipment. The change would take effect upon enactment.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Mast
FL • R
Cosponsors
Buchanan
FL • R
Sponsored 2/9/2026
Titus
NV • D
Sponsored 2/9/2026
Chu
CA • D
Sponsored 2/9/2026
Simon
CA • D
Sponsored 2/9/2026
Carter (LA)
LA • D
Sponsored 2/9/2026
Moskowitz
FL • D
Sponsored 2/10/2026
Bilirakis
FL • R
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Krishnamoorthi
IL • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Wasserman Schultz
FL • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Smith (NJ)
NJ • R
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Lawler
NY • R
Sponsored 3/16/2026
Harder (CA)
CA • D
Sponsored 3/16/2026
Lee (NV)
NV • D
Sponsored 3/16/2026
Garcia (TX)
TX • D
Sponsored 3/16/2026
Jayapal
WA • D
Sponsored 3/16/2026
McBride
DE • D
Sponsored 3/16/2026
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