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May 31, 2018Animal Law & Policy Program issues report on the “King Amendment”

The Animal Law & Policy Program releases its first formal policy publication, authored by Legislative Policy Fellow, Ann Linder

The Animal Law & Policy Program has released its first formal policy publication, authored by our Legislative Policy Fellow, Ann Linder, with research assistance from several HLS students.

The report analyzes the potential consequences of H.R. 4879, the “Protect Interstate Commerce Act of 2018” also known as the “King Amendment.”  It further compiles an Index of roughly 3,230 state and local laws and regulations that may be impacted by the pending legislation.

Our report already has been referenced in House Congressional hearings on the U.S. Farm Bill and by the following media articles.

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