S. 1939 119th Congress Senate

BARK Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to provide protections for good faith donations of pet food and supplies.

Introduced: June 4, 2025 Introduced by: Raphael G. Warnock Democratic · Georgia See on congress.gov

Agriculture and Food

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Jun 4, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Jun 4, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Judiciary Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 57

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

ELEVATE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC
for JACKSON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY · Mississippi · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
PET FOOD INSTITUTE
for PET FOOD INSTITUTE · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
EMBRAER AIRCRAFT HOLDING, INC.
for EMBRAER AIRCRAFT HOLDING INC · Florida · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
PRIME TRANSATLANTIC, LLC
for ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE ACTION FUND, INC · New York · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
HUMANE WORLD ACTION FUND AND AFFILIATES (FORMERLY KNOWN AS HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND)
for HUMANE WORLD ACTION FUND · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
PET FOOD INSTITUTE
for PET FOOD INSTITUTE · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

SENATE
56 filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
51 filings
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
36 filings
Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
30 filings
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
21 filings
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
19 filings
Treasury, Dept of
19 filings
Defense, Dept of (DOD)
18 filings

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Cosponsors 4