House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Ejiao Act of 2025
Official title: To prohibit the transportation, sale, and purchase of donkeys or donkey hides for the purpose of producing ejiao, to prohibit the transportation, sale, and purchase of products containing ejiao, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Donald Beyer D-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 23, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 23, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, and the Judiciary, 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. 5544.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BEYER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 156, September 23, 2025, Page H4494):article 1 section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 23, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5544, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5544
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 7, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 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.
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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
22 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 14 Democrats
8 of 22 cosponsors (36%) are from the other party.
Andy Barr (R-KY), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), William Keating (D-MA), Young Kim (R-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Mike Levin (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), David Schweikert (R-AZ), W. Steube (R-FL), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Dina Titus (D-NV), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), James Walkinshaw (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Donald Beyer.
- H.J.Res. 63 (119th) Redesignating the Robert E. Lee Memorial as the "Arlington House National Historic Site".
- H.R. 1657 (119th) Humane Cosmetics Act of 2025
- H.R. 2033 (119th) Military Spouse Hiring Act
- H.R. 6617 (119th) Keeping All Students Safe Act
- H.R. 9047 (119th) Arlington National Cemetery Viewshed Protection Act
- H.R. 3505 (119th) Barriers to Suicide Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 10, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.