House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Better CARE for Animals Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Animal Welfare Act to expand and improve the enforcement capabilities of the Attorney General, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Nicole Malliotakis R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 30, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 30, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3112.
- 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. 72, April 30, 2025, Page H1776):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 30, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3112, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3112
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 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 October 10, 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
208 cosponsors — 23 Republicans, 185 Democrats
185 of 208 cosponsors (89%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Gabe Amo (D-RI), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Mike Carey (R-OH), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY) and 178 more.
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. 1330 (119th) Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino Act
- H.R. 349 (119th) Goldie’s Act
Related bills
- S. 1538 (119th) Better CARE for Animals Act of 2025Identical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.