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HR4638Passed House

Federal Working Animal Protection Act

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Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-07-23
Introduced
19
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Ken Calvert
Ken Calvert
Republican · CA · Representative
Votes with party: 97.3% (552 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/C000059

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (19)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1)Original· 2025-07-23
  • Burgess Owens (R-UT-4)Original· 2025-07-23
  • Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24)Original· 2025-07-23
  • Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4)Original· 2025-07-23
  • Daniel Webster (R-FL-11)Original· 2025-07-23
  • Darrell Issa (R-CA-48)Original· 2025-07-23
  • Don Bacon (R-NE-2)Original· 2025-07-23
  • Michael A. Rulli (R-OH-6)Original· 2025-07-23
  • Pat Harrigan (R-NC-10)Original· 2025-07-23
  • Roger Williams (R-TX-25)Original· 2025-07-23
  • Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7)Original· 2025-07-23
  • Tom McClintock (R-CA-5)Original· 2025-07-23
  • Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16)Original· 2025-07-23
  • W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17)Original· 2025-07-23
  • Pete Stauber (R-MN-8)· 2025-08-26
  • Brandon Gill (R-TX-26)· 2025-09-04
  • Elijah Crane (R-AZ-2)· 2025-09-04
  • Nick LaLota (R-NY-1)· 2025-09-04
  • Nancy Mace (R-SC-1)· 2025-11-19

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

2026-03-19

Source: Congress.gov

Plain-English Summary

Bill to Outlaw Wounding of Official Working Animals Act or the BOWOW Act This bill establishes that a non-U.S. national ( alien under federal law) convicted of, or who admits to having committed, an offense related to harming animals used in law enforcement is inadmissible and deportable.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Immigration
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Open text viewRead on Congress.gov

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