House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 27, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 19, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5041.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RESCHENTHALER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 130, July 27, 2023, Page H4146):Article 1 Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Animal Welfare Act to expand and improve the enforcement capabilities of the Attorney General, and for other purposes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 27, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 194 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5041, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5041
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c07c1ad51ec98e49998e508729efca65c2b212b477ebce77261ec93472ed2458
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5041, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
219 cosponsors — 23 Republicans, 196 Democrats
196 of 219 cosponsors (89%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Gabe Amo (D-RI), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Cori Bush (D-MO), Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Mike Carey (R-OH), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) and 189 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Guy Reschenthaler.
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- H.Res. 1376 (118th) Providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 1371) strongly condemning the Biden Administration and its Border Czar, Kamala…
- H.Res. 260 (118th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1) to lower energy costs by increasing American energy production, exports, infrastructure…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.