House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Goldie’s Act
Official title: To amend the Animal Welfare Act to increase enforcement with respect to violations of that Act, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 13, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 14, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 349.
- 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. 6, January 13, 2025, Page H112):Article I Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 13, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 53 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 349, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/349
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 23, 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 23, 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
108 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 93 Democrats
93 of 108 cosponsors (86%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Gabe Amo (D-RI), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Herbert Conaway (D-NJ), J. Correa (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jason Crow (D-CO), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) and 78 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. 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 Oct 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.