H.R. 2203 · 119th Congress

Innovative FEED Act of 2025

Introduced on Mar 18, 2025 by Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY-23). 52 cosponsors, 19 of them from another party. Latest action (Mar 18, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Mar 18, 2025
Cosponsors
52
19 from the other party
Policy area
Health
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  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 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the regulation of zootechnical animal food substances.

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Mar 18, 2025). Public domain.

Innovative Feed Enhancement and Economic Development Act of 2025 or the Innovative FEED Act of 2025

This bill provides for the regulation of zootechnical animal food substances as food additives.

The bill defines zootechnical animal food substance as a substance that is added to the food or drinking water of animals and that affects only the animal's gastrointestinal tract, with the intended purpose of affecting the byproducts of the animal's digestion, reducing foodborne pathogens, or altering the animal's gastrointestinal biome.

The definition does not include substances that are used to treat or prevent diseases in animals, hormones, or active ingredients of animal drugs. Labels for zootechnical animal food substances must include a disclaimer that the substance may not be used to treat or prevent diseases in animals.

Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Nicholas A. LangworthyR-NY-23Sponsor

Democrats · 19

Republicans · 33

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 18, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Mar 18, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Mar 18, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH INCORPORATED15 reports
    $1.9M reported (all issues)
  2. ELANCO US INC.12 reports
    $230K reported (all issues)
  3. INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION11 reports
    $1.5M reported (all issues)
  4. Midwest Dairy Coalition6 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  5. NATIONAL COUNCIL OF FARMER COOPERATIVES6 reports
    $2M reported (all issues)
  6. NATIONAL MILK PRODUCERS FEDERATION6 reports
    $1.4M reported (all issues)
  7. PET FOOD INSTITUTE6 reports
    $910K reported (all issues)
  8. ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANY5 reports
    $9.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY$22.8M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  9. Idaho Dairymen's Association5 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  10. SOUTH EAST DAIRY FARMERS ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)
  11. Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences4 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)
  12. EDGE DAIRY FARMER COOPERATIVE3 reports
    $90K reported (all issues)
  13. Northwest Dairy Association/Darigold3 reports
    $13.5K reported (all issues)
  14. BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES DEPT., AFL-CIO2 reports
    $510K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES DEPARTMENT, AFL-CIOAI match · 100%
  15. DARLING INGREDIENTS INC.1 report
    $60K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DARLING INGREDIENTS INC$352K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  16. National Grain and Feed Association1 report
    $115.9K reported (all issues)
  17. PENNSYLVANIA FARM BUREAU1 report
    $10K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • 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 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 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 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 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.