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HR3732Referred to Committee

BARK Act of 2025

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-06-04
Introduced
16
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Jamie Raskin
Jamie Raskin
Democrat · MD · Representative
Votes with party: 98.7% (552 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/R000606

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (16)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1)Original· 2025-06-04
  • Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6)Original· 2025-06-04
  • Lucy McBath (D-GA-6)Original· 2025-06-04
  • Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11)Original· 2025-06-04
  • Young Kim (R-CA-40)Original· 2025-06-04
  • Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24)· 2025-06-05
  • Dina Titus (D-NV-1)· 2025-06-05
  • Derek Schmidt (R-KS-2)· 2025-07-10
  • Sarah Elfreth (D-MD-3)· 2025-07-10
  • Jefferson Shreve (R-IN-6)· 2025-07-14
  • Mark Pocan (D-WI-2)· 2025-07-14
  • Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6)· 2025-07-16
  • Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI-3)· 2025-11-07
  • Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2)· 2025-11-07
  • Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL-13)· 2026-02-11
  • Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-10)· 2026-02-11

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

2025-06-04

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • House Committee on the JudiciaryReferred To · 2025-06-04

Previously

  • Judiciary CommitteeReferred To · 2025-06-04

Plain-English Summary

The BARK Act of 2025 addresses issues related to agriculture and food production, though the specific provisions are not detailed in the available information. Based on its referral to the House Judiciary Committee rather than the typical Agriculture Committee, the bill likely involves legal or regulatory changes affecting farmers, food producers, or agricultural businesses. Without access to the bill's full text, the exact impact on these groups cannot be determined.

AI-assisted summary generated from the official bill metadata (title, subjects, actions) sourced from Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed. Always verify against the official text linked below.

Affected Industries

Industries and interest groups with a stake in how this bill is resolved. Compare with each member's outside-money backers on their finance page.

Agriculture

Why this matters: Look up any member who voted on this bill and check their finance page — do the industries listed above match the groups funding their campaigns? That's the kind of connection this tool is built to help you find.

Subjects

Agriculture and Food
Full bill text is not yet cached locally.
Open text viewRead on Congress.gov

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