Ejiao Act of 2025
This bill bans the import, export, and sale of donkey skins and ejiao products (a gelatin made from donkey skin) in U.S. commerce. It directly affects U.S. businesses importing or selling ejiao, which currently accounts for $12 million in annual U.S. imports. The law prohibits trading in donkey skins for ejiao production or any product containing ejiao, with civil penalties up to $10,000 per violation or criminal charges for larger offenses. Enforcement will be handled by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, targeting the U.S. market for a product driving global donkey population declines.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Sep 23, 2025
Last action Sep 23, 2025
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Sep 23, 2025
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
lower
Sep 23, 2025
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Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 21 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Donald S. Beyer, Jr.
DDemocratic
Co
André Carson
DDemocratic
Co
Andy Barr
RRepublican
Co
Beth Van Duyne
RRepublican
Co
Betty McCollum
DDemocratic
Co
Brian K. Fitzpatrick
RRepublican
Co
Claudia Tenney
RRepublican
Co
David Schweikert
RRepublican
Co
Dina Titus
DDemocratic
Co
Eleanor Holmes Norton
DDemocratic
Co
James R. Walkinshaw
DDemocratic
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