H.R. 845

Pet and Livestock Protection Act

Sponsor: Lauren Boebert

37 cosponsors
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Official summary

Written by the Congressional Research Service.

Pet and Livestock Protection Act of 2025

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.

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.

The bill also prohibits the reissuance of the rule from being subject to judicial review.

Text of the bill

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Sec. 1. Short title Changed · Oct 3, 2025

Where this section came from

  1. Jan 31, 2025 · Introduced in House Referred to House Committee on Natural Resources, Jan 31, 2025
  2. Oct 3, 2025 · Reported in House Marked up by House Committee on Natural Resources, Apr 9, 2025 Reported by House Committee on Natural Resources, Oct 3, 2025 Committee members' individual votes aren't in our records.
What changed in the text

This Act may be cited as the Pet and Livestock Protection Act of 2025 .

What is a markup?

A markup is a committee meeting where members go through a bill and vote on changes before sending it to the full chamber.

This Act may be cited as the Pet and Livestock Protection Act.