House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Don’t Feed the Bears Act of 2025
Official title: To require the adoption and enforcement of regulations to prohibit the intentional feeding of bears on Federal public lands in order to end the hunting practice known as "bear baiting" and reduce the number of dangerous interactions between people and bears.
Sponsor: Rep. Shri Thanedar D-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 15, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 15, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4422.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THANEDAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 121, July 15, 2025, Page H3316):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 15, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4422, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4422
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 26, 2026
- 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 March 26, 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
4 cosponsors — 4 Democrats
0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
André Carson (D-IN), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 10401 (119th) No ICE Deaths in the Dark Act of 2026
- H.Res. 1528 (119th) Recognizing suicide as a serious public health problem and expressing support for the designation of September, 2026, as "National Suicide…
- H.R. 1893 (119th) LIONs Act of 2025
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.