All Roll Calls
Yes: 228 • No: 190
HR4638119th Congress
Federal Working Animal Protection Act
Sponsored By: Representative Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41]
Passed House
Summary
Bars to admission and removal for harming law enforcement animals. This bill would make an alien inadmissible and deportable if convicted of, or if they admit to, acts that meet the essential elements of 18 U.S.C. 1368, the federal crime for harming animals used in law enforcement. It adds those grounds to the Immigration and Nationality Act by inserting cross-references into 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2) and 1227(a)(2). The bill is titled the Federal Working Animal Protection Act.
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Bill Overview
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New immigration bars for harming police animals
If enacted, this bill would add immigration bars tied to harming law-enforcement animals. A noncitizen convicted of the federal crime of harming animals used in law enforcement (18 U.S.C. 1368), or who admits acts that meet that crime’s elements, would be inadmissible. A noncitizen with such a conviction or admission would be deportable. These changes would take effect upon enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41]
CA • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]
NY • R
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
PA • R
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25]
TX • R
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
NE • R
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Stauber
MN • R
Sponsored 8/26/2025
LaLota
NY • R
Sponsored 9/4/2025
Rep. Gill, Brandon [R-TX-26]
TX • R
Sponsored 9/4/2025
Crane
AZ • R
Sponsored 9/4/2025
Tiffany
WI • R
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Webster (FL)
FL • R
Sponsored 7/23/2025
McClintock
CA • R
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
FL • R
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4]
UT • R
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48]
CA • R
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Rep. Harrigan, Pat [R-NC-10]
NC • R
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Buchanan
FL • R
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]
WA • R
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Rep. Rulli, Michael A. [R-OH-6]
OH • R
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1]
SC • R
Sponsored 11/19/2025
Roll Call Votes
house vote • 3/19/2026
On Passage
Yes: 228 • No: 190