House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
PAAW Act
Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the Director of the National Institutes of Health from conducting or funding research that causes significant pain or distress to a dog or cat, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Nancy Mace R-SCWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 23, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 23, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4698.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MACE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 126, July 23, 2025, Page H3649):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 23, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 41 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4698, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4698
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 September 19, 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
15 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 15 cosponsors (53%) are from the other party.
André Carson (D-IN), Donald Davis (D-NC), Laura Gillen (D-NY), Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Troy Nehls (R-TX), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Dina Titus (D-NV), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), Daniel Webster (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nancy Mace.
- H.R. 5235 (119th) Skills-Based Federal Contracting Act of 2025
- H.R. 30 (119th) Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act
- H.R. 872 (119th) Federal Contractor Cybersecurity Vulnerability Reduction Act of 2025
- H.R. 2985 (119th) Modernizing Government Technology Reform Act
- H.R. 5000 (119th) Cybersecurity Hiring Modernization Act
- H.R. 3455 (119th) Veterans Affairs Distributed Ledger Innovation Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.