To promote public awareness about the importance of petsĀ and, in the long run, about lifelong care for pets through a tax exemption for pet care costs. Pets should be treated and considered as children, not livestock. The focus of the campaign is on pets and the benefits they provide for people; the tax exemption is the logical extension of that argument.
Leo's Bill Humanity and Pets Partnered Through the Years (HAPPY) Act (Introduced in House)
HR 3501 IH 111th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3501
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for pet care expenses.