H.R. 4638 · 119th Congress · Immigration
Federal Working Animal Protection Act
How the House voted
Yea from the left, nay from the right, each side by party
House · Mar 19, 2026
Roll call ↗228
190
Passed the House.
Passed the House on March 19, 2026.
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
- IntroducedJul 23, 2025
- CommitteeDec 12, 2025
- Passed HouseMar 19, 2026
- Passed Senate
- Became law
On the record
- Cosponsors
- 19
- all Republicans
- Committees
- Senate Committee on the JudiciaryHouse Committee on the Judiciary
- Lobbying
- At least 4
- organizations named it2025 Q4 to 2026 Q3
What it does
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act so that a non-citizen convicted of harming animals used in law enforcement is barred from entering the country and can be deported.
How each member voted
The House roll call, passed the House, March 19, 2026
Yea unless marked
R · House · AL-4
R · House · MO-4
R · House · GA-12
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act so that a non-citizen convicted of harming animals used in law enforcement is barred from entering the country and can be deported. The trigger is an offense under section 1368 of title 18 of the U.S. Code, which covers harming animals used in law enforcement. The bill adds this ground to both the inadmissibility provisions in section 212(a)(2) and the deportability provisions in section 237(a)(2). It applies to a non-citizen who has been convicted of, admits committing, or admits acts constituting the essential elements of that offense.
Each stop is a step the bill’s own record states, with the date it happened. A ring is a step not yet taken. A bill becomes law when the President signs it or Congress overrides a veto.
At least 4 organizations named this measure in a lobbying filing. A floor, not a total: they were counted by the client name on 6 quarterly reports filed by 4 organizations lobbying for themselves in 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. An organization that lobbied this measure without naming it is not counted here.
The filings record that lobbying was reported on the measure. The form has no per-bill dollar figure and no field for a position, so nothing here says how much was spent or which side an organization took.
The organizations named: National Immigration Law Center (NILC); Federation for American Immigration Reform; Southern Poverty Law Center, Inc.; Service Employees International Union Ctw-Clc. Listed as filed. They are every client name on the filings counted here.
From the LD-2 quarterly lobbying filings published at lda.gov by the Senate Office of Public Records. Read for 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. Our copy holds 24 fewer filings for 2025 Q1, 39 fewer filings for 2025 Q2, 42 fewer filings for 2025 Q3, 33 fewer filings for 2025 Q4, 28 fewer filings for 2026 Q1, 48 fewer filings for 2026 Q2 and 218 fewer filings for 2026 Q3 than the Senate's register counts, so those quarters are the filings we could read rather than every one filed. 2026 Q4 is still inside its filing window, so that quarter is only the filings posted so far.
Congress.gov bill status and cosponsor records; the House Clerk and Senate roll calls; lobbying reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act (lda.gov); the plain summary and provisions are read from the bill text, each with its section.