Congress·In Committee·H.R. 9319

Keeping Pets and Families Together Act

Animal Shelters: Microchipping Support for Pets

Jun 15·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

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Next up: A house committee

This bill is in the early stages of the legislative process and was sent to the House Committee on Agriculture on June 14, 2026. The committee must review the bill before it can move forward, but no further action has occurred since that date. Most bills do not receive a committee vote, so this proposal is currently stalled.

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Unlikely to pass

While animal welfare bills often have broad public support, most individual bills introduced in the House never make it to a final vote without being part of a larger spending package.

How we got here

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

Reintroduced
Reintroduced from H.R. 3709 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
H.R. 3709 (118th) →

Key Points

This bill creates a federal program to help local animal shelters pay for microchipping cats and dogs. The goal is to make sure lost pets can be easily identified and returned to their families instead of staying in the shelter system.
State and local governments would receive funding to support both public pounds and private shelters that work with the government. These shelters would be encouraged to chip animals before they are adopted, moved to other rescues, or picked up by their original owners.
The program would provide $5 million each year from 2026 through 2030. By the end of 2030, the Department of Agriculture would report on how well the program worked and whether it should receive more money to continue in the future.

Impact Analysis

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Milestones

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Jun 15, 2026House

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Jun 15, 2026

Introduced in House

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Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Keeping Pets and Families Together Act

Bill NumberHR 9319

Congress119th Congress

ChamberHouse of Representatives

Latest ActionReferred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Data Sources

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