Ejiao Act of 2025
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.
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.
- IntroducedSep 23, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 23, 2025 to Oct 6, 2026; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Sep 23, 2025 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Sep 23, 2025 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Sep 23, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Original | Sep 23, 2025 |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Original | Sep 23, 2025 |
| R-AZ | David Schweikert | Sep 26, 2025 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Oct 28, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Nov 25, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Feb 9, 2026 | |
| D-OR | Maxine Dexter | Apr 9, 2026 | |
| R-KY | Andy Barr | Apr 15, 2026 | |
| R-FL | Vern Buchanan | Apr 20, 2026 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Apr 21, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Apr 21, 2026 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | May 11, 2026 | |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Jun 30, 2026 | |
| R-CA | Young Kim | Jun 30, 2026 | |
| R-TX | Beth Van Duyne | Jul 13, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Jul 16, 2026 | |
| D-VA | James R. Walkinshaw | Jul 20, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Kevin Mullin | Aug 3, 2026 | |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Oct 6, 2026 |
Committees 5
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Sep 23, 2025 |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Sep 23, 2025 |
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Sep 23, 2025 |
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Sep 23, 2025 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Sep 23, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 23, 2025Introduced in House
- Sep 23, 2025Referred 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.
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. 156, September 23, 2025, page H4494.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Ejiao Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 23, 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.
