Congress·In Committee·H.R. 5020

Supporting Our Shelters Act

Animal Shelters: New Federal Grant Program

Aug 22, 2025·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

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Next up: A house committeeNo action in 6 months

The Supporting Our Shelters Act is currently in the early stages of the legislative process. It was recently sent to the House Committee on Agriculture for review. The bill is actively moving forward, but no future votes or hearings have been scheduled yet.

Legislative Progress

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Unlikely to pass

While animal welfare often has broad support, this bill currently lacks bipartisan cosponsors and proposes new spending, which often makes it harder to pass.

How we got here

This bill’s path across every version that has carried it.

Reintroduced
Reintroduced from H.R. 5897 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
H.R. 5897 (118th) →

Key Points

This bill creates a new federal grant program to help animal shelters across the country. The Department of Agriculture would give money to shelters to help them take better care of the animals in their charge.
Shelters could use the money for basic needs like food and housing. It also covers more expensive costs like veterinary care, play areas for the animals, and paying or training the people who work there.
To keep getting the money, shelters have to report how many animals they take in and what happens to them. They also have to show exactly how they spent the federal funds to improve animal care.
The grants would last for up to three years at a time. Shelters can apply to renew their funding as long as they keep up with their reports and show they are following the rules.

Impact Analysis

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Milestones

3 milestones3 actions

Jan 13, 2026House

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.

Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.

Aug 22, 2025House

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Aug 22, 2025

Introduced in House

The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.

No votes, news coverage, or related bills recorded for this bill yet.

Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Supporting Our Shelters Act

Bill NumberHR 5020

Congress119th Congress

ChamberHouse of Representatives

Latest ActionReferred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.

Data Sources

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Cosponsors

(2)

D: 2

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