House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Racehorse Health and Safety Act of 2025
Official title: To protect the health and welfare of covered horses and improve the integrity and safety of horseracing by authorizing States to enter into an interstate compact to develop and enforce scientific medication control rules and racetrack safety rules that are uniform for each equine breed, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Clay Higgins R-LAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 14, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 14, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3378.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 81, May 14, 2025, Page H2052):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 265 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3378, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3378
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
4 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
3 of 4 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
Tom Cole (R-OK), Donald Davis (D-NC), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Clay Higgins.
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- H.R. 5143 (119th) District of Columbia Policing Protection Act of 2025
- H.R. 2056 (119th) District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act of 2025
- H.R. 6963 (119th) To designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Lafayette, Louisiana, as the "Rodney C.…
- H.R. 1569 (119th) CATCH Fentanyl Act
- H.R. 2716 (119th) Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act
Related bills
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.