H.R. 1842 · 119th Congress

PAW Act of 2025

Introduced on Mar 4, 2025 by Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24). 4 cosponsors, 2 of them from another party. Latest action (Mar 4, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Mar 4, 2025
Cosponsors
4
2 from the other party
Policy area
Taxation
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain veterinary expenses for pets and service animals to be treated as amounts paid for medical care for purposes of a health savings account or flexible savings account.

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Claudia TenneyR-NY-24Sponsor

Democrats · 2

Republicans · 2

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Mar 4, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Mar 4, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Mar 4, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

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  1. ZOETIS INC.14 reports
    $1.2M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ZOETIS INC.$1.3M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  2. Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council7 reports
  3. AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION6 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)
  4. American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges (FKA Association of American6 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)
  5. PET FOOD INSTITUTE6 reports
    $910K reported (all issues)
  6. HUMANE WORLD ACTION FUND5 reports
    $1.2M reported (all issues)
  7. MetLife Group, Inc.5 reports
    $2.3M reported (all issues)
  8. BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM USA CORPORATION4 reports
    $3.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM ANIMAL HEALTH USA INC$3.5M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  9. K9S FOR WARRIORS, INC.1 report
    $40K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.