Condemning the Dog Meat Festival in Yulin, China, and urging China to end the dog meat trade.

H. Res. 30 · 115th Congress · Jan 6, 2017 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

That the House of Representatives—

(1)

condemns the Dog Meat Festival in Yulin because it—

(A)

is a spectacle of extreme animal cruelty;

(B)

is a commercial activity claimed by proponents to be in the name of tradition, but is not actually grounded in Chinese history;

(C)

is opposed by a majority of the Chinese people; and

(D)

threatens global public health;

(2)

urges the Government of China and the Yulin authorities to enforce the 2011 Agriculture Ministry of China Regulation on the Quarantine of Dogs at the Place of Origin that requires “one certificate for one dog” who is on board a trans-provincial transport truck;

(3)

encourages the Government of China and the Yulin authorities to enforce China’s food safety laws regulating the processing and sale of animal products;

(4)

urges the Government of China and the Yulin authorities to impose a ban on the killing and eating of dogs as part of Yulin’s festival;

(5)

urges the National People's Congress of China to enact an animal anticruelty law with provisions banning the dog meat trade; and

(6)

affirms the commitment of the United States to the protection of animals and to the progress of animal protection around the world.

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Jan 6, 2017viewing Introduced in House Mr. Hastings (for himself, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Frankel of Florida, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Perry, Mr. Zeldin, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Nadler, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Payne, Mr. Stivers, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Sablan, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Moore, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Donovan, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Lance, Ms. Titus, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. Tsongas, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Sánchez, Mr. Cárdenas, Mr. Bishop of Michigan, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Welch, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Costello of Pennsylvania, Mr. Keating, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Murphy of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Upton) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

Condemning the Dog Meat Festival in Yulin, China, and urging China to end the dog meat trade.

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