House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
PURR Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to clarify and update the authority of the Food and Drug Administration to ensure national uniformity in the regulation of the labels, labeling, and advertising of companion animal pet food, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Steve Womack R-ARWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 21, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 21, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 597.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WOMACK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 12, January 21, 2025, Page H258):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, The Congress shall have the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 166 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 597, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/597
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 16, 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 December 16, 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
15 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 15 cosponsors (27%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Mark Alford (R-MO), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Donald Davis (D-NC), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Ron Estes (R-KS), Josh Harder (D-CA), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI), Derek Schmidt (R-KS), Adrian Smith (R-NE), David Valadao (R-CA), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Rudy Yakym (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Womack.
- H.R. 1107 (119th) Protecting Veteran Access to Telemedicine Services Act of 2025
- H.R. 2312 (119th) Tipped Employee Protection Act
- H.R. 4552 (119th) Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
- H.R. 9170 (119th) Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027
- H.Con.Res. 12 (119th) Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.
- H.R. 3028 (119th) Duty Drawback Clarification 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.