H.R. 1842
119th Congress
House
PAW Act of 2025
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… Show full official titleShow less
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.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 4, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 4, 2025
Introduced in House
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What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Bill text
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Committees of jurisdiction
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Lobbying activity
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- HUMANE WORLD ACTION FUND AND AFFILIATES (FORMERLY KNOWN AS HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND)
- ZOETIS INC.
- PET FOOD INSTITUTE
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF VETERINARY MEDICAL COLLEGES (FKA ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN
- METLIFE GROUP, INC.
- BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM USA CORPORATION, FORMERLY REPORTED AS BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
- Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
- Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
- Interior, Dept of (DOI)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1842: PAW Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1842/
"H.R. 1842: PAW Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1842/.
H.R. 1842, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1842/.
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