House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
HELP PETS Act
Official title: To prohibit the availability of Federal funds to institutions of higher education that conduct painful biomedical research on dogs and cats.
Sponsor: Rep. Nicole Malliotakis R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 7, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 7, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 233.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 3, January 7, 2025, Page H63):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 233, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/233
- 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nicole Malliotakis.
- H.R. 1155 (119th) Recovery of Stolen Checks Act
- H.R. 9499 (119th) Protecting Taxpayers from Ghost Preparers Act
- H.R. 1329 (119th) Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act
- H.R. 9771 (119th) Stopping Foreign Influence in Elections Act of 2026
- H.R. 3112 (119th) Better CARE for Animals Act of 2025
- H.R. 1330 (119th) Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino Act
Related bills
- H.R. 297 (119th) HELP PETS ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.