PETSAFE Act
Sponsored By: Senator Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA]
Introduced
Summary
Expands federal disaster grants to include pet and animal preparedness. This bill would let states, tribes, and local governments use certain emergency preparedness grants for companion animals and adjust the federal cost-share for those activities.
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- Families and pet owners: Pet owners would have funded access to collapsible crates, pet supplies, veterinary and animal health supplies, emergency sheltering equipment, and trained animal response teams during disasters.
- State, local, and tribal governments: Governments could spend grant funds on equipment, software, generators, training, and response teams, with a 50% base federal share and a 90% federal share for designated pet preparedness activities.
- Animal shelters and companion animals: Preparedness plans must explicitly address the needs of individuals with companion animals and accommodate shelters that house homeless, lost, or unwanted pets before, during, and after major disasters.
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More disaster help for pets
If enacted, the bill would let States, local, and tribal governments use Section 662 grant money for pet and animal preparedness. The federal share would remain 50% for most Section 662 grants but would be 90% for the pet and animal activities listed. Allowed uses would include collapsible crates; mobile animal trailers; pet, veterinary, and animal health supplies; sheltering equipment; generators; disaster software; training; animal response teams; and rescue gear. The bill would also require preparedness plans to address animal shelters that care for homeless, lost, or unwanted companion animals before, during, and after disasters. These changes would take effect upon enactment and apply only to amounts from Section 662 grants, and the bill does not create new appropriations for this chunk.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA]
CA • D
Cosponsors
Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
NC • R
Sponsored 5/18/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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