Federal Working Animal Protection Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4638 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4638

 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that an alien
 who has been convicted of harming animals used in law enforcement is
          inadmissible and deportable, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 23, 2025

   Mr. Calvert (for himself, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Webster of
Florida, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Steube, Mr. Owens, Mr. Issa, Mr. Harrigan,
Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Rulli, Mr. Williams of
Texas, and Mr. Bacon) introduced the following bill; which was referred
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that an alien
 who has been convicted of harming animals used in law enforcement is
          inadmissible and deportable, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Bill to Outlaw Wounding of Official
Working Animals Act'' or the ``BOWOW Act''.

SEC. 2. INADMISSIBILITY AND DEPORTABILITY RELATED TO HARMING ANIMALS
              USED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

    (a) Inadmissibility.--Section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
                    ``(J) Harming animals used in law enforcement.--Any
                alien who has been convicted of, who admits having
                committed, or who admits committing acts which
                constitute the essential elements of an offense under
                section 1368 of title 18, United States Code (relating
                to harming animals used in law enforcement), is
                inadmissible.''.
    (b) Deportability.--Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
                    ``(G) Harming animals used in law enforcement.--Any
                alien who has been convicted of, who admits having
                committed, or who admits committing acts which
                constitute the essential elements of an offense under
                section 1368 of title 18, United States Code (relating
                to harming animals used in law enforcement), is
                deportable.''.
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