H.R. 845

Summary

H.R. 845, the Pet and Livestock Protection Act, was introduced in the House on Jan 31, 2025 by Rep. Lauren Boebert (R) with 37 co-sponsors. It was referred to Environment And Public Works, and last saw action on Dec 18, 2025: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Record

Text

H.R. 845 has 37 co-sponsors, 2 roll calls and 1 amendment.

119 HR 845 EH: Pet and Livestock Protection Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
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 119th CONGRESS  1st Session
 H. R. 845
 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 AN ACT
To require the Secretary of the Interior to reissue regulations removing the gray wolf from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Pet and Livestock Protection Act  .
2.
Removing the gray wolf from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife
Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary of the Interior shall reissue the final rule entitled  Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removing the Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife  and published on November 3, 2020 (85 Fed. Reg. 69778).
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No judicial review
Reissuance of the final rule under section 2 shall not be subject to judicial review.
     Passed the House of Representatives December 18, 2025.  Kevin F. McCumber,  Clerk.

Tracker

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CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Sponsors

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R) sponsors H.R. 845, and 37 members have co-sponsored it, 31 of them from the day it was introduced.

Lauren Boebert

Rep. · R–CO-3 · Sponsor

Introduced Jan 31, 2025

Nicholas Begich

Rep. · R–AK-0 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 31, 2025 · Original

Cliff Bentz

Rep. · R–OR-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 31, 2025 · Original

Jack Bergman

Rep. · R–MI-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 31, 2025 · Original

Andy Biggs

Rep. · R–AZ-5 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 31, 2025 · Original

Elijah Crane

Rep. · R–AZ-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 31, 2025 · Original

Jeff Crank

Rep. · R–CO-5 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 31, 2025 · Original

Troy Downing

Rep. · R–MT-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 31, 2025 · Original

Tom Emmer

Rep. · R–MN-6 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 31, 2025 · Original

Gabe Evans

Rep. · R–CO-8 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 31, 2025 · Original

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Committees

H.R. 845 went before 3 committees: Environment and Public Works, Natural Resources and Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee.

Environment and Public Works

Environment and Public Works

Referred To · Dec 18, 2025 · 257 Bills

Natural Resources

Natural Resources

Reported By · Oct 3, 2025 · 395 Bills

Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee

Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee

Hearings By (subcommittee) · Mar 25, 2025 · 24 Bills

Reports

1 committee report has been filed on H.R. 845, the latest H. Rept. 119-332.

• H. Rept. 119-332 — PET AND LIVESTOCK PROTECTION ACT

Actions

H.R. 845 has taken 23 actions since Jan 31, 2025, the latest on Dec 18, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 845 went to 2 roll calls in the House, the latest on Dec 18, 2025 at 211–204.

Amendments

1 amendment has been offered to H.R. 845, the latest acted on Dec 18, 2025.

HAMDT 142Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 951, the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Natural Resources is considered adopted.Dec 18, 2025 · On agreeing to the Rules amendment (A001) Agreed to without objection.

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Related bills

2 bills are related to H.R. 845.

HR 130Trust the Science ActJan 3, 2025 · Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. · Related billHRES 951Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4776) to amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to clarify ambiguous provisions and facilitate a more efficient, effective, and timely environmental review process; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1366) to provide for the location of multiple hardrock mining mill sites, to establish the Abandoned Hardrock Mine Fund, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 845) to require the Secretary of the Interior to reissue regulations removing the gray wolf from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife under the Endangered Species Act of 1973; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3616) to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to review regulations that may affect the reliable operation of the bulk-power system; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3632) to amend the Federal Power Act to adjust the requirements for orders, rules, and regulations relating to furnishing adequate service, to require owners or operators of generating facilities to provide notice of planned retirements of certain electric generating units, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4371) to amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to enhance efforts to combat the trafficking of children.Dec 16, 2025 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. · Related bill

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Titles

H.R. 845 goes by 7 titles, 4 of them short titles.

• Pet and Livestock Protection Act — Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
• Pet and Livestock Protection Act — Short Title(s) as Passed House
• To require the Secretary of the Interior to reissue regulations removing the gray wolf from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. — Official Titles from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
• Pet and Livestock Protection Act — Display Title
• Pet and Livestock Protection Act — Short Title(s) as Reported to House
• Pet and Livestock Protection Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To require the Secretary of the Interior to reissue regulations removing the gray wolf from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. — Official Title as Introduced

Cost estimate

The Congressional Budget Office has filed 1 estimate for H.R. 845, the latest on Aug 28, 2025.

• H.R. 845, Pet and Livestock Protection Act — 2025-08-28As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 9, 2025

Lobbying

15 clients hired 15 firms and 101 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 845 in 64 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Natural Resources, Budget/Appropriations, Animals, Energy/Nuclear, Clean Air and Water (quality), Agriculture, Transportation, Immigration.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 101.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 845 under Environmental Protection, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 5 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 845’s is Environmental Protection.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 845 carries 5 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Administrative law and regulatory procedures to Mammals.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 845, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. BOEBERT:H.R. 845.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8: The Congress shall have Power To layand collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay theDebts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfareof the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excisesshall be uniform throughout the United States[Page H433]

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