Innovative FEED Act of 2025
Latest action · Mar 18, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 18, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Innovative Feed Enhancement and Economic Development Act of 2025 or the Innovative FEED Act of 2025
This bill provides for the regulation of zootechnical animal food substances as food additives.
The bill defines zootechnical animal food substance as a substance that is added to the food or drinking water of animals and that affects only the animal's gastrointestinal tract, with the intended purpose of affecting the byproducts of the animal's digestion, reducing foodborne pathogens, or altering the animal's gastrointestinal biome.
The definition does not include substances that are used to treat or prevent diseases in animals, hormones, or active ingredients of animal drugs. Labels for zootechnical animal food substances must include a disclaimer that the substance may not be used to treat or prevent diseases in animals.
Cosponsors 53
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 18, 2025 to Oct 9, 2026; 25 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | August Pfluger | Original | Mar 18, 2025 |
| R-MN | Brad Finstad | Original | Mar 18, 2025 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Mar 18, 2025 |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Original | Mar 18, 2025 |
| R-OR | Cliff Bentz | Original | Mar 18, 2025 |
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | Original | Mar 18, 2025 |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Original | Mar 18, 2025 |
| R-SD | Dusty Johnson | Original | Mar 18, 2025 |
| R-IN | Erin Houchin | Original | Mar 18, 2025 |
| R-CO | Gabe Evans | Original | Mar 18, 2025 |
| R-IN | James R. Baird | Original | Mar 18, 2025 |
| R-CA | Jay Obernolte | Original | Mar 18, 2025 |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Original | Mar 18, 2025 |
| R-PA | John Joyce | Original | Mar 18, 2025 |
| R-MI | John R. Moolenaar | Original | Mar 18, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Mar 18, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 18, 2025Introduced in House
- Mar 18, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H1193 | John Joyce R-PA | Mar 24, 2025 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 50, March 18, 2025, page H1172.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1906 | Innovative FEED Act of 2025 | Identical bill | May 22, 2025 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the regulation of zootechnical animal food substances.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Innovative FEED Act of 2025
- Innovative Feed Enhancement and Economic Development Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 18, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
