House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Paws Off Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem foods containing xylitol as misbranded unless the label or labeling of such foods contains a warning specifying the toxic effects of xylitol for dogs if ingested, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. David Schweikert R-AZWhere 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 Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 237.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCHWEIKERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 3, January 7, 2025, Page H63):Article I, Section 8, clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 237, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/237
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0236769a3998333c1d0e65ecd2be98d3747dcac05a1a406268a88b23dd132cab
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 February 20, 2025). 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 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Schweikert.
- H.R. 7971 (119th) Taxpayer Experience Improvement Act
- H.R. 4242 (119th) Innovate Less Lethal to De-Escalate Tax Modernization Act
- H.R. 9772 (119th) Foreign Funding Transparency Act
- H.R. 7972 (119th) Taxpayer Workforce Modernization Act
- H.R. 2653 (119th) Manifest Modernization Act of 2025
- H.R. 10218 (119th) Advancing American Innovation Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.