House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Mink VIRUS Act
Official title: To protect public health and human safety by prohibiting the farming of mink for their fur, to compensate farmers as they transition out of the industry, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Adriano Espaillat D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 18, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 18, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2185.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ESPAILLAT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 50, March 18, 2025, Page H1172):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 The Congress shall have Power to. . .provide for the. . .general Welfare of the United States; . . .Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 18, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 131 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2185, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2185
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
6 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 5 Democrats
1 of 6 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Shri Thanedar (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Adriano Espaillat.
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- H.R. 2974 (119th) Training and Nutrition Stability
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.