HR 4638
Passed a chamber
Makes a noncitizen inadmissible and deportable if they have been convicted of, or admit to, harming an animal used in law enforcement.
Official title: Federal Working Animal Protection Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
23-JUL-2025
Referred
23-JUL-2025
Approved by committee
20-NOV-2025
Reported
12-DEC-2025
On the calendar
12-DEC-2025
Passed
19-MAR-2026
Senate
Received
19-MAR-2026
- Adds a new ground of inadmissibility to the Immigration and Nationality Act for anyone convicted of, or who admits, conduct that meets the elements of 18 U.S.C. 1368 (harming animals used in law enforcement).
- Adds a matching ground of deportability for the same conduct.
- Titled the Federal Working Animal Protection Act.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (23-JUL-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 19-MAR-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Judiciary Committee (House)
- Judiciary Committee (Senate)
Immigration
■ 19 R
19 Republicans