{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-845","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 845","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Pet and Livestock Protection Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"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.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"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."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Pet and Livestock Protection Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Pet and Livestock Protection Act"},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"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."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Pet and Livestock Protection Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Pet and Livestock Protection Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Pet and Livestock Protection Act of 2025"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-01-31","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2025-12-18","vote":{"id":"119-2025-h360","question":"On Passage","title":"Pet and Livestock Protection Act","result":"Passed","yea":211,"nay":204,"present":0,"not_voting":18,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll360.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.","date":"2025-12-18"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2025-12-18","question":"On Motion to Recommit","title":"Pet and Livestock Protection Act","result":"Failed","yea":204,"nay":213,"present":0,"not_voting":16,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll359.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-01-31","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Pet and Livestock Protection Act of 2025"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill directs the Department of the Interior to remove protections for the gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA). Specifically, the bill requires Interior to reissue the final rule titled 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."},{"k":"p","t":"The rule removed the gray wolf in the lower 48 United States, except for the Mexican wolf (C. l. baileyi) subspecies, from the endangered and threatened species list. However, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California vacated the rule on February 10, 2022. As a result, the gray wolf reattained the protection status it had prior to the rule's promulgation."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill also prohibits the reissuance of the rule from being subject to judicial review."}],"words":145},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Requires the Secretary of the Interior to reissue the November 3, 2020 final rule that removes the gray wolf from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife, and bars judicial review of that reissuance.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/845/text/eh#H398B076F3FC84C14BAE0FC3694E9DCEC"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/845/text/eh#HA0D04A3EB7E845A0A2E27D9D71EBBB06"}]},"core_areas":["Removal of the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act list of endangered and threatened wildlife","Judicial review of the reissued gray wolf rule"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the Secretary of the Interior to reissue, not later than 60 days after the date of enactment, the final rule published on November 3, 2020 (85 Fed. Reg. 69778) removing the gray wolf (Canis lupus) from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/845/text/eh#H398B076F3FC84C14BAE0FC3694E9DCEC"}},{"text":"Provides that reissuance of the final rule under section 2 is not subject to judicial review.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/845/text/eh#HA0D04A3EB7E845A0A2E27D9D71EBBB06"}},{"text":"Names the Act the \"Pet and Livestock Protection Act\" as its short title.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/845/text/eh#HBF75909A64364B84B875F355B2F2EC87"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2025-12-18","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/845/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-12","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/845","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/845/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-845.png","v":"adc47de5b71f","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 845, 119th Congress: Pet and Livestock Protection Act. House: 211 Yea, 204 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 18 Dec 2025."}}