House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
WATCH Act
Official title: To amend section 495 of the Public Health Service Act to require inspections of foreign laboratories conducting biomedical and behavioral research to ensure compliance with applicable animal welfare requirements, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. W. Steube R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 20, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 20, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7165.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STEUBE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 13, January 20, 2026, Page H949):Article I Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 20, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7165, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7165
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 20, 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 April 20, 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
2 of 2 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. W. Steube.
- H.R. 5366 (119th) Doug LaMalfa Federal Disaster Tax Relief Certainty Act
- H.R. 6495 (119th) Taxpayer Notification and Privacy Act
- H.R. 9498 (119th) Taxpayer Advocate Participation Act
- H.R. 28 (119th) Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025
- H.R. 1028 (119th) Protection of Women in Olympic and Amateur Sports Act of 2026
- H.R. 539 (119th) Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 1104 (119th) WATCH ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.