House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
CHER Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit keeping elephants in captivity at zoological parks or safari parks, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Nicole Malliotakis R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 15, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 15, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3456.
- 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. 82, May 15, 2025, Page H2105):Article I Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 15, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3456, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3456
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 June 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. 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
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.