US Congress House Bill 3174 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on July 23 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-07-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2015 Directs the Federal Trade Commission to require prescribers of animal drugs to verify prescriptions and provide copies of prescriptions to pet owners, pet owner designees, and pharmacies, without the prescriber demanding payment or establishing other conditions. Applies these requirements to medication for a domesticated household animal that consumers are not allowed to purchase without a prescription.Treats a violation of this Act as an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act.

Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2015

Rep. Jason Chaffetz [R-UT]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]
Rep. Mia Love [R-UT]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-07-24	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
2015-07-23	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2015-07-23	House	Introduced in House

SB1200 (Related) 2015-05-06 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3174/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3174/BILLS-114hr3174ih.pdf