Legislation· Mar 2026Sponsored by Ken Calvert (R)
Federal Working Animal Protection Act
Makes non-citizens convicted of harming police animals inadmissible and deportable.
Tradeoff
Adds immigration consequences for non-citizens who harm working animals used by law enforcement. The federal cost is negligible because existing law already covers most such harm as crimes.
What's in it
Fiscal impact between -$500,000 and $500,000 over 2026-2035; too small to quantify precisely.
The bill's federal cost is negligible (under $500K) because it primarily clarifies immigration consequences already mostly covered by existing law; the policy's real impact falls on non-citizens convicted of harming working animals, who become deportable.
The House passed this 228-190 on March 19, 2026 — now in the Senate.
House
Introduced
(Jul 23, 2025)
House
Committee on the Judiciary(Jul 23, 2025)
House
The Committee on Judiciary voted to send it to the floor
Reported 18 - 12(Nov 20, 2025)
Committee report H. Rept. 119-407.
Senate
Received from the House
on the Judiciary(Mar 19, 2026)
House
Passage of the bill
BOWOW Act
Passed(Roll #96 · Mar 19, 2026)
228 yeanay 190
- Claudia Tenney (R-NY)
- Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI)
- Daniel Webster (R-FL)
- Tom McClintock (R-CA)
- W. Gregory Steube (R-FL)
- Burgess Owens (R-UT)
- Darrell Issa (R-CA)
- Pat Harrigan (R-NC)
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
- Vern Buchanan (R-FL)
- Dan Newhouse (R-WA)
- Michael A. Rulli (R-OH)
- Roger Williams (R-TX)
- Don Bacon (R-NE)
- Pete Stauber (R-MN)
- Nick LaLota (R-NY)
- Brandon Gill (R-TX)
- Elijah Crane (R-AZ)
- Nancy Mace (R-SC)
Passage votes so far· Mar 19, 2026· 119th Congress · 2025–2027